An Empirical Study on Influencing Factors of Development of Retail Format

Through an empirical study on the chain retailers from 35 cities in China, the authors find out that the current economic development level has a negative impact on the development of department stores, although department stores still play an important part in the market. Since logistics become increasingly more important for chain retailers, per capita area of roads has distinctively positive effects on the development of both supermarkets and the convenience stores. Meanwhile, the authors stress that the development of specialty store relies largely on urban environmental and economic development level.