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A Different Kind of Supermarket Renovation
In recent years, the hottest term in the supermarket industry has been 'renovation.' But today, renovation is no longer a one-size-fits-all solution—it's not just about changing shelves, updating light boxes, or rearranging SKUs. True renovation is not surface-level work; it's a business restructuring and a format reshaping. The retail industry has bid farewell to the 'scale is king' expansion mindset and entered a new cycle centered on 'model self-consistency' and 'profit loop closure.' All supermarket renovations must deliver results from a profitable system. Lecheng Supermarket started from a hypermarket and attempted to 'de-hypermarketize'; Chaoshifa, rooted in communities, refined 'sticky scenarios'; while Qihuojie broke out from snack bulk retail and transformed into a 'family food premium collection.' Their renovation paths differ, but they all point to one fact: renovation is not performance, but a new concept and direction that suits themselves and the market.
花未满楼From 'Thousand-Store Expansion' to 'Hundred-Store Profitability': The Life-and-Death Struggle of Small Formats in Lower-Tier Markets
In the small-format retail sector, the most expensive mistake in recent years has been 'opening stores without calculating,' or more precisely, 'calculating too late.' As the trend sweeps through lower-tier markets, from snack collections to community convenience stores, many have realized that while stories are easy to tell, models are hard to write; stores are easy to open, but profitability is hard to achieve. The shift from 'thousand-store expansion' to 'hundred-store profitability' is significant, and no one is fully prepared.
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