[Tagging] tagging for discount stores in US

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/5/6 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 6 May 2010 19:27, Richard Mann
> <richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> In the UK, they'd almost certainly be tagged as supermarkets, since
>> our stores tend to have one product area dominant (eg groceries).
>> Department stores are large shops with lots of different departments
>> selling lots of different things from lots of different counters, but
>> the staff (and the tills) all under one management. Typically with a
>> large cosmetics department near the front door.


+1, in Germany it's the same.

> In the US walmart/Kmart etc aren't the same thing as supermarkets,
> they have less emphasis on groceries...


in Germany all discount-stores (like Aldi, Lidl, Netto) are tagged as
supermarkets, even though they are not real supermarkets but have a
very limited selection in general and few groceries in particular.

cheers,
Martin