Target’s mass store opening to create 3,000 jobs
Target is planning to open this year, compared with the 114 stores it opened in 2008, which included launching 43 in a single day.
ターゲットが一日に沢山お店をオープンする、って記事なんですが、年間を通しては７０－７５店オープンするだけで昨年よりずっと少なくなっていて、
ウォルマートも、
it plans to open 125-140 Supercenters and 17 of its smaller Neighborhood Markets, down from 191 new stores last year and 218 in 2007, when it announced it was slowing its US growth rate.
07年、08年、09年、と段々減ってきているんですね。
で、記事の最後に目をむくような部分がありまして、
But the most dramatic expansion will come from Dollar General, which operates more than 7,000 small neighbourhood hard discount stores. It is planning to open 450 new stores this year, up from 210 in 2008, as its ultra-low cost foods and household goods pull in cash-strapped customers.
昨年210店オープンして、今年は450店の、ものスゴく勢いのあるダラージェネラルとかいうチェーンがあるみたいなんですな。ウルトラローコストフーズって超安売りの食品スーパーってとこでしょうか。
Dollar General’s fourth quarter sales increased 11.2 per cent ito $2.85bn, while its comparable-store sales improved by 9.4 per cent.
第４四半期は11.2％の伸び。既存店でも9.4%。ウォルマートが確か5%程度だったか、あるいは最近はもっと落ちていたはずなんで、ってか昨年実績を維持してるだけで立派って幹事だったはずで、この伸び、すさまじいと言って良いんじゃあないですかね。
で調べてみると、
Dollar General does well despite bad
economy
Dollar General's 2008 fourth quarter sales report, released in early February, says the company had an increase in same-stores sales of 9.4 percent for the quarter. The fourth quarter covers the months of November, December and January, said Tawn Earnest, another company spokesman.
はいはい。これはさっきのFTの記事と変わりませんな。
The company's total sales in the fourth quarter of 2008 was $2.85 billion, up from $2.56 billion in fourth quarter 2007.
The reason for that, said Earnest, is shoppers are looking for ways to make their money stretch. Dollar General's business model is designed to offer value, which is what shoppers are looking for, she said, and smaller stores that essentially become neighborhood stores. Part of the business model for the company is putting stores 3 to 5 miles apart, Earnest said.
安売りコンセプトに加えて、小さくて、3～5マイル内にあるご近所ストアが売りなんですな。
The other key to the company's good performance was the company decided a couple of years ago to close poor performing stores, refurbish some stores and bring back its private label brands, Earnest said.
In addition to the planned 450 new stores, Dollar General plans to remodel and relocate 400 current stores, according to its fourth quarter report.
この会社、数年前に、成績の悪いお店をクローズするという決定をしていて、いくつかの店はリノベート。450店の新設店に加えて、400の既存店を利モデルする予定だ、とのことで、
この会社、すでに1兆円規模の売上になりつつあるみたいで、かつ伸びもスゴイ。第二のウォルマートになるかもですね。