[Talk-us] Tags to use for chain stores in the United States

[Brad Neuhauser]

Martin,

I agree with a lot of what you're saying about department stores, but not
with what you're calling supermarket. I think the wikipedia entry for
supermarkets is good, so will suggest you read that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarket

As I said, department_store seemed like the best of available options, but
not a precise fit. Maybe (to circle back to an earlier part of this thread)
we should try to find another term? I'd never heard of hypermarket before
today (well, outside of science fiction), but it has a wikipedia article
and makes as much sense as anything. That'd probably be something to take
to the tagging list...

Brad


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
> 2013/12/11 Brad Neuhauser <brad.neuhauser at gmail.com>
>
>> Personally, I tag "big box" stores like Target, KMart, WalMart etc with
>> shop=department_store, just because that seems like the closest fit that
>> isn't too restrictive (they're much more than a supermarket, to my mind).
>>
>
>
> a supermarket can sell a lot of stuff that is not food and still remain a
> supermarket, e.g. the bigger ones might also sell clothing or some consumer
> electronics (tv, pc). A department_store has lots of stuff and lots of
> salesclerks serving you.
>
> kmart vs.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/72294117@N03/7645650440/in/photolist-cDBXvj-dq7UY1-ePHTru-bzJeq-bzJiD-cLqWVb-cLqV7E-cLr1dJ-9HVd61-93H2Bi-fqvVSW-fqgRhp-fqgCZF-fqvSz9-fqgDvH-9XxowN-cDBZdU-cz73B1-8pPW7V-gvtUD5-gvtG83-7MJmWf-7MJoSQ-7MEupg-7MJuo7-7MJoKf-7MEpki-7MJrKW-7MEmRp-7MEmtr-7MEB4M-7MJtrd-7MJn5G-7MEBMa-7MEmAt-92tyfy-ePJ3xs-gvubH6-akA57y-ekk8vZ-cgQsed-7Zsd71-cXAMRY-cXAL4q-cXAHio-cXAJiQ-asWMnp-buguzF-bugtMt-c4vfy9-8m1Xv1
>
> department stores:
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Department_Store_ZUM_Sofia_20090406_007.JPG
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harrods%27_Egyptian_room.JPG
>
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Paris_Lafayette_inside.jpg
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KaDeWe_Deli.JPG
>
> generally a department_store has more of the pricier stuff or at least
> tries not to appear too cheap, while a supermarket tries the opposite:
> appear as cheap as possible. Also a supermarket will have a huge parking in
> front of it, while a department store will be found in the city center and
> will have an underground or parking deck.
>
> For those you name I think they would be better classified as supermarkets.
>
> cheers,
> Martin
>
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