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

[Richard Welty]

On 12/11/13 2:38 PM, Brad Neuhauser wrote:
> 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...
classically, the tier of stores under discussion (k-mart, walmart,
target, etc.)
are discount department stores or discount stores for short.  there's
actually
some interesting legal history about their existence but it's probably a
little
offtopic.

i'm not sure the distinction is important any more, since higher end
department stores are now prone to discount heavily, usually in the
form of near-eternal sales. so looking for department store gets you
both Walmart and Macy's - most consumers know the difference
between the two, at least in their native land. a British user will
know perfectly well what Marks & Spencer means when they query
department_store.

richard

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