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Towards the end of hypermarkets? Amazon Go Scans




by sen-no-sen » 21/01/18, 21:38

Breathless, hypermarkets struggle for survival

Faced with new consumption habits, the French model of very large surfaces born in the 1960s must reinvent itself urgently.


Under the watchful eye of the financial community, Carrefour must publish, on Wednesday, October 18, its turnover for the third quarter, the day after that of Casino. Analysts expect a difficult quarter, once again marked by fierce competition on the French market between brands. There is no doubt that the revenue generated by hypermarkets, one of Carrefour's historic formats, will be scrutinized, as this model is out of breath. Moreover, if Casino announced Tuesday, October 17, a growth of 1,9% of its turnover, to 9,2 billion euros in the third quarter, it is largely thanks to the good figures of its e-merchant Cdiscount (+ 18,4%), because the development of hypermarkets remains anemic (+ 0,8%).

According to data from the research firm Kantar Worldpanel, hypermarkets, all brands combined, have recorded growth of only 0,3% in their turnover in the last three years. At the same time, the overall market grew by 3%, the format known as "proximity" by 7%, and the drive model - where races ordered on the Internet are delivered in the trunk of the car - 40%.

http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2017/10/17/a-bout-de-souffle-les-hypers-en-quete-d-un-nouveau-modele_5201955_3234.html

This announcement is after all very important because it allows us to demonstrate that we are indeed at the dawn of major economic transformation.
The hypermarket model was born in a context of strong economic growth and has not stopped developing since.
This one was characterized by the phenomenon of economic coalescence, forming monopolistic companies that we all know and in which everything could be bought and sold, from the pair of socks to cakes through credits or trips abroad ...
The questioning of the model in favor of smaller entities corresponds to the notion of selection r / K:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le_%C3%A9volutif_r/K
The competition of the web coupled with the drop in purchasing power and the increase in prices at the pump * lead to the creation of an economic era unfavorable to the dinosaurian system.
Logically layoff plans (massive it goes without saying!) Should emerge in the years to come.


* It is worth remembering that the existence of its gigantic merchant warehouses is consubstantial with the automobile and its preferred energy: petroleum.
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Re: Towards the end of hypermarkets?




by Ahmed » 21/01/18, 22:48

The challenges faced by these "dinosaurians" depend on the type of commodities that tend to segment into other structures differentially. It's hard to imagine buying a salad and a bunch of carrots over the internet (albeit for processed foods?), But anything that is easy to carry can easily prefer these new lines. This movement can only be accentuated since physical stores are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain stock and are often content (excluding consolidation operations) to order the desired item, which is a way of shooting themselves in foot.
For heavier equipment, there is a convergence between the trend towards higher repair costs and lower sales prices which no longer justify local purchase: same observation as above.
Perhaps they will be able to find parades? They will not be saved, however, as much more serious external threats over which they have no control are exacerbated.
Firstly, mass unemployment with the continued destruction of employment (this being a fact, not a value judgment) induces a business environment unfavorable to large local structures, which does not however mean a return to small shops of yesteryear.
This combined with a policy of ever more demanding standards to revive the market, with the destruction, for example, of thermal motor vehicles for the benefit of sophisticated and more or less electric products that fewer and fewer people will be able to afford ... *

In reality, what should be observed, beyond the emblematic case of hypermarkets, is the increase in the contradiction between the centrality of the work / commodity relationship and the mechanical distancing of these two terms. Clearly, this means the growing inability to create abstract value (systemic imperative of capital remuneration) other than through debt injections. So much so that either the financial system becomes autonomous and now operating in a vacuum, completely abandons the secondary and secondary function of the economy, which is to provide for the needs of men, or this too obvious disconnection from reality no longer manages to create illusions and it is then the systemic collapse that occurs.

* One can imagine that the state, through artifices, can stimulate this evolution, but the Peak All Oil ** (which does not only concern the automobile!) Will penalize the weakest ...
** Not to mention Peak All in short ...
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by sen-no-sen » 22/01/18, 00:02

Ahmed wrote:Perhaps they will be able to find parades? They will not be saved, however, as much more serious external threats over which they have no control are exacerbated.


Large retailers are actually trying to put in place countermeasures, such as making hypermarkets more "glamorous" by creating dedicated design spaces (bakery, delicatessen, lingerie, etc.).
The problem is that this approach goes against the very principle of monopolization: concentrating multiple activities in one place in order to maximize profit ... which means minimizing staff!
On the one hand, the modernization of its trading premises is very expensive, but in addition it would require more staff, so I hardly see how such structures could continue to exist in the future.
However, we should not cry for the monopolies of mass distribution so far, because the latter have for 15 years launched a violent offensive on local shops (supermarket type) at the expense of traditional grocery stores, principle of saturation requires.
However, it is clear that its colossi with clay feet will have great difficulty recovering from an exogenous phenomenon such as an energy crisis.
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by chatelot16 » 22/01/18, 14:38

around my house the big supermarket is the only way to buy food ... the small businesses have all disappeared, victims of the lamentable fiscal inequality ... the small businesses have to pay excessive property tax compared to their profit. .. must pay social charges also calculated unfavorably ... must apply standards on the inapplicable material ... result the old merchant of the village survives by not modernizing his store ... when he wants to sell to a successor the state takes the opportunity to demand a complete standardization of the store, and as it is too expensive there is no successor

the same goes for the markets, the main purpose of which is to sell fresh produce quickly: we have imposed standards of refrigerated display as if it had to store for a week like the stores ... conclusion is too expensive and the small market disappear ... or those who continue have become as bad as the big store by dragging their crap too long in their refrigerated bazaar, with the displacement in addition
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by yves35 » 23/01/18, 00:47

Good evening

chatelot16 wrote: measured property tax


in short, it's the same ... :P

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by Ahmed » 23/01/18, 22:19

The test storeAmazon GO (in the USA) foreshadows a reconfiguration of local food businesses on which hypermarkets will turn, which should lead to rapid changes.
The bottleneck of these businesses is constituted by the cash registers, because of the new electronic possibilities these are set to disappear in the short term. Computerized shelving could be replenished automatically at night. There would be nothing more than a "robot filler", a multitasking employee who would oversee all of this and put back in place the items moved by customers.
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by Gaston » 24/01/18, 09:52

Ahmed wrote:There would be nothing more than a "robot filler", a multitasking employee who would oversee all of this and put back in place the items moved by customers.
And an army of maintenance technicians for all the sensors and cameras in the computer system : Mrgreen:
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by Christophe » 24/01/18, 11:36

Yeah Amazon Go I also discovered yesterday ... I think that democratization is not for tomorrow because when there will be the first 1000 complaints for "bug" (in one direction or the other) or dishonesty of customers ( yes yes it exists!) ... Amazon will be disillusioned, moreover the video that I saw was limited to very reduced basket, 2 or 3 products ...

Also how does the software manage the crowds? There are bound to be blind spots ...

So the system must limit the number of people in the store ... low traffic therefore which should correspond to a checkout fairly fast! Hey hop ... how it is useless!

In the family "I kill the cashiers" there is also the auto scanning ... used for 10 years in Belgium in some chains, I do not know if I have already seen in France ...

Universal Income, fast!

ps: and level comparative power consumption where are we?
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by Ahmed » 24/01/18, 12:36

When you say "democratization" I guess you mean "generalization"?

Self-scanning is in the test phase in some hypermarkets and convenience stores: there are female suicide bombers who try to train customers.

You write:
Universal Income, fast!
The best way to record these transformations and not to ask the right questions ...
And also:
ps: and level comparative power consumption, where are we?
The cost of energy is very little compared to productivity gains ...
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by Christophe » 24/01/18, 13:12

Ahmed wrote:When you say "democratization" I guess you mean "generalization"?


Yes generalization ...

Ahmed wrote:You write:
Universal Income, fast!
The best way to record these transformations and not to ask the right questions ...


And where is it?

What are good questions? With simple words please! :D

Ahmed wrote:The cost of energy is very little compared to productivity gains ...


Certainly but I would have liked to know how much more it consumes than a classic thing ... + 20, 50, 100% ??
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