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IT (19801995) While the 1970s introduced a host of new store formats, the most single cant innovations were the introductions of the UPC code and the scanning register, which would transform back end operations and radically expand the number of products 8 carried in each store. WalMart amp。 Malaise (1950–1970) The post war boom was a period of steady growth for the supermarket industry. There was plenty of virgin real estate on which to build stores and plenty of markets to convert from chain grocery store to supermarket. Although the smaller chains were the earliest adopters of the supermarket format, even Aamp。P factories and delivered through a vertically integrated supply chain of factories, warehouses, and trucks. Aamp。P) changed all of this. Although Aamp。P and the Chain Store Revolution (1913–1930) Prior to 1900, American shoppers purchased their groceries through a wide array of specialty shops and general stores. Meat was purchased from a butcher, read from a baker, and produce from a vegetable stand. These stores were mostly sole proprietorships and often run in a haphazard manner. The Great Aamp。P)in the 1920s,to the response by incumbent chains to the introduction of the supermarket format in the 1940s,through to the current controversies surrounding WalMart. This paper, which tracks the evolution of the supermarket industry chronologically, is anized as follows. Section 1 describes the chain store revolution, 6 which was led by Aamp。 來源: Information Systems and Business Management 498552(2021) Vol. 4, 1, 23–29Journal of Database 5 The Evolution of the Supermarket Industry Abstract: This paper examines the evolution of the supermarket industry, from the birth of the chain store concept in the early 1900s to the recent rise of the WalMart supercenter. The central message is that the major themes relevant today (the importance of scale and standardization, technological innovation, the introduction of new formats, and the rapt attention of antitrust authorities)appear throughout its hundred year history. The goal of this paper is to provide a coherent context for current merger policy and broaden our understanding of the processes shaping the economic geography of retail trade. Introduction “Today in a city of any single can?t size, a grocery shopper can be served by a highquality supermarket, a priceemphasis supermarket, a true discount store, a ?mom and pop? store, a quickshop operation, or a large integrated shopping center.” David , 1972. According to the Food Marketing Institute, Americans spent just under 500 billion dollars in . supermarkets in 2021, accounting for about of 6%of their total disposable ine. The average supermarket now carries over 45,000 products in just under50, 000 square feet of space and the average customer