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Commercial Services in Metropolitan Areas

Type of paper: Research Article

Authors

Claudia Elena Ţuclea

Corresponding Author

Affiliation: Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

Email: claudia.tuclea@com.ase.ro

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8104-0041

Mihai Felea

Affiliation: Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

Email: mihai.felea@com.ase.ro

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9375-6912

Mădălina Ţală

Affiliation: Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

Email: madalina.tala@com.ase.ro

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0096-4195

Published:June 15, 2010

How to Cite

Ţuclea, C. E., Felea, M., & Ţală, M. (2010). Commercial Services in Metropolitan Areas. CACTUS Tourism Journal, 1 (1).

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© 2010 The Author(s);

Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

Abstract

A major advantage for the metropolitan areas is the establishment of a coherent commercial system. Therefore, in Romania there are more than 100.000 shops, our country being a leader in Europe in what the number of shops per thousand inhabitants is concerned. Presently, in our country there are different ways of selling the products: in supermarkets, hypermarkets, cash&carry, malls, specialised centres and so on. More and more well known companies are interested in the potential of the markets from the Romanian metropolitan areas. This paper analyses the Romanian commerce and the large chain stores which invest in our country. Our present research is a part of the DEMOS project.

Keywords

commerce, metropolitan areas, retail trade

JEL Classification

R11, O18

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