On 12/11/13 2:38 PM, Brad Neuhauser wrote: > Martin, > > I agree with a lot of what you're saying about department stores, but > not with what you're calling supermarket. I think the wikipedia entry > for supermarkets is good, so will suggest you read that: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarket > > As I said, department_store seemed like the best of available options, > but not a precise fit. Maybe (to circle back to an earlier part of > this thread) we should try to find another term? I'd never heard of > hypermarket before today (well, outside of science fiction), but it > has a wikipedia article and makes as much sense as anything. That'd > probably be something to take to the tagging list... classically, the tier of stores under discussion (k-mart, walmart, target, etc.) are discount department stores or discount stores for short. there's actually some interesting legal history about their existence but it's probably a little offtopic.
i'm not sure the distinction is important any more, since higher end department stores are now prone to discount heavily, usually in the form of near-eternal sales. so looking for department store gets you both Walmart and Macy's - most consumers know the difference between the two, at least in their native land. a British user will know perfectly well what Marks & Spencer means when they query department_store. richard
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