Title :

Turning regulation into business opportunities: A brief history of French food mass retailing (1949–2015)

Author(s) :

Dewitte, Adam [Auteur]
IAE Lille University School of Management - Lille [IAE Lille]
Billows, Sebastian [Auteur]
Centre de sociologie des organisations (Sciences Po, CNRS) [CSO]
Lecocq, Xavier [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]

Journal title :

Business History

Pages :

1 - 22

Publisher :

Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Publication date :

2017-10-23

ISSN :

0007-6791

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

English abstract : [en]

The French retail market stands out among its European counterparts as being more concentrated. Relative to its neighbors, it has a higher number of large stores, such as hypermarkets. This article explains the origins of ...
Show more >The French retail market stands out among its European counterparts as being more concentrated. Relative to its neighbors, it has a higher number of large stores, such as hypermarkets. This article explains the origins of this market structure by assessing the impact of regulation on the French food retail industry between 1949 and 2015. Despite legislation aimed at curtailing their growth, retailers were able to circumvent legal constraints. Over the period considered, three ‘regulation-adaptation’ loops are described. Retailers’ responses to regulatory regimes affected both their bargaining mechanisms with suppliers and the business models they used to sell their products. By turning regulation into business opportunities, French retailers have managed to create a powerful oligopolistic industry, and are now among the largest retail groups in the world.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

ANR Project :

Vers de meilleurs business models dans les secteurs de la santé et des industries créatives digitales grâce aux technologies numériques

Collections :

• Lille Économie Management (LEM) - UMR 9221

Source :

Harvested from HAL