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1. To promote and expand the brand 2. Have more locations and more of your shops
You call it a convoy of shops :)
Fish n chip shops, local toy shops, local hairdressers/ barbers, prostitutes. :)
intelli-shop.com used to do it last year (2008). I have yet to see any shops from them for this year.
There are two Bass Pro Shops in Canada. One in Rocky View, Alberta and another in Vaughan, Ontario. Other than that they're all in the US. Source: I work for Bass Pro Shops
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Advantage: Not having to travel for shops. Dis-Advantage: Gridlock when parking.
1. To promote and expand the brand 2. Have more locations and more of your shops
Advantages are more shops, more attractions and it's bigger. Disadvantages are it's really busy, there's more street crime and there isn't any country side.
They can get their products straight from the manufacturer or importer, usually.
Some advantages of using a fishing tackle shop is that it most likely will have alot of stock and you are more likely to find something you want, the owner my also be alot more helpful finding the thing you want. the disadvantages of using a tackle shop could be the prices being high although it may not always be case, also you may have trouble finding one if none in the area.
They may not have all the things you need to buy.
Lots of shops in one place.
- It causes major traffic problems- forces smaller shops out of business
If one calculation goes wrong, then the whole spreadsheet will go wrong.
The advantages would be; it is cheaper for one thing, it would more sensible for people/ family's who are on budgets. In addition if you were a student it would also be a good option due to the fact that if you were living with more people in a household then all the house members could put money in together and shop at a discount store once a week. Some of the disadvantages would be that you don't always have the choice that would be preferred, and produce wouldn't always be satisfactory to most consumer needs. And if you were shopping for a family then these shops wouldn't be ideal.
Shopping at counter-service shops have the advantage of clerks who know the merchandise really well. The clerks can give you a lot of advice about the things they sell.