释义 |
ˈsupermarketing, n. [f. supermarket n. + -ing1.] The retailing of goods through supermarkets; the business of managing a supermarket.
1963Supermarket & Self-Service (Johannesburg) Nov.–Dec. 5 The rapid development of supermarketing..is of positive benefit to progressive small traders. 1966Punch 6 July 25/3 The Pharmaceutical Society summoned a mass-meeting last year in the Albert Hall to protest against supermarketing. 1977Washington Post 20 Oct. e1/5 Two new concepts in supermarketing..: discounting and ‘no-name brands’. 1983Fortune 21 Feb. 76/3 Once the customers are in the store, the secret of supermarketing is to milk them for all they're worth. 1988Supermarket Business Nov. 26/2 As any well-traveled observer knows, supermarketing in the U.K. already differs from supermarketing in the U.S. in at least five important respects. |