About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: 108 Shop, Akwa Group, Albert Heijn, Best-One, Big C, Budgens, Buy the Way, Convenience store, Convenience store crime, Costcutter, Daily Stop, David Sands, DekaMarkt, Deli de Luca, Fresh Mart, GS25, Happy Shopper, Jacksons Stores, Jiffy (convenience store), L&F Jones, List of convenience stores, Local Plus, Londis, Mace (store), Mama shop, Mills Group Ltd, Narvesen, National Association of Convenience Stores, NewsLink, NightOwl Convenience Stores, OXXO, Premier Stores, Pressbyran, R-Kioski, Soriana, Spar (retailer), Storyway, Tesco, Tesco Lotus, Tiendas Extra, Tops Supermarket, Ugo (store), Welcome to Convenience Store, abka (convenience store). Excerpt: Tesco PLC (LSE: TSCO) is a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues (after Wal-Mart and Carrefour) and the second-largest measured by profits (after Wal-Mart). It has stores in 14 countries across Asia, Europe and North America and is the grocery market leader in the UK (where it has a market share of around 30%), Malaysia, the Republic of Ireland and Thailand. The company was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen as a group of market stalls. The Tesco name first appeared in 1924, after Cohen purchased a shipment of tea from T. E. Stockwell and combined those initials with the first two letters of his surname, and the first Tesco store opened in 1929 in Burnt Oak, Middlesex. His business expanded rapidly, and by 1939 he had over 100 Tesco stores across the country. Originally a UK-focused grocery retailer, since the early 1990s Tesco has increasingly diversified geographically and into areas such as the retailing of books, clothing, electronics, furniture, petrol and software; financial services; telecoms and internet services; DVD rental; and music downloads. The 1990s saw Tesco reposition itself, from its perception as a downmarket "pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap" retailer, to one which appeals across a wide social group, from its Tesco Value to its Tesco Finest ranges. This was successful, and saw the chain grow from 500 stores in the mid 1990s to 2,500 stores fifteen years later. Tesco is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately 24.4 billion as of 15 January 2012, the 15th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. A branch of Tesco built inside the Hoover Building in Perivale, London (now a listed building)Jack Cohen founded Tesco in 1919 when he began to sell surplus groceries from a stall at Well Street Market, Hackney,
