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In commerce , a hypermarket is a superstore combining a ___MASK9___ and a ___MASK26___ ___MASK64___ . The ___MASK41___ is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide ___MASK31___ of products under one ___MASK24___ , including full groceries lines and general merchandise . In theory , hypermarkets allow customers to satisfy all their routine shopping needs in one trip . The term " hypermarket " was coined in 1968 by French trade expert Jacques Pictet . Wal - Mart Stores , Inc ., doing business as Walmart , is an American multinational retailing ___MASK46___ that operates as a chain of hypermarkets , discount department stores , and grocery stores . Headquartered in Bentonville , Arkansas , the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31 , 1969 . , Walmart has 11 , 666 stores and clubs in 28countries , under a total of 63banners . The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada . It operates as Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico and Central America , as Asda in the United Kingdom , as the Seiyu Group in Japan , and as Best Price in India . It has wholly owned operations in Argentina , Brazil , and Canada . It also owns and operates the Sam ' s ___MASK68___ retail warehouses . A stock ___MASK67___ or stock ___MASK66___ ___MASK67___ is a ___MASK7___ of the ___MASK18___ of a section of the stock ___MASK66___ . It is computed from the prices of selected stocks ( typically a weighted average ). It is a ___MASK28___ used by investors and financial managers to describe the ___MASK66___ , and to compare the return on specific investments . The EURO STOXX 50 is a stock ___MASK67___ of Eurozone stocks designed by STOXX , an ___MASK67___ provider owned by Deutsche Börse Group . According to STOXX , its ___MASK19___ is " to provide a blue - chip representation of Supersector leaders in the Eurozone ". It is made up of fifty of the largest and most liquid stocks . The ___MASK67___ futures and options on the EURO STOXX 50 , traded on Eurex , are among the most liquid such products in Europe and the world . Carrefour S . A . is a French multinational ___MASK38___ headquartered in Boulogne Billancourt , France , in the Hauts - de - Seine ___MASK26___ near Paris . It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world ( with close to 1 , 600 hypermarkets at the end of 2015 ) and second largest retail group in the world in terms of revenue ( after Walmart ), and the second in ___MASK90___ ( after Walmart ). Carrefour operates in more than 30 countries , in Europe , the Americas , Asia and Africa . Carrefour means " crossroads " and " public square " in French . The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index . A convenience ___MASK64___ is a small retail business that stocks a ___MASK31___ of everyday items such as groceries , snack foods , confectionery , soft drinks , tobacco products , over - the - counter drugs , toiletries , newspapers , and magazines . In some jurisdictions , corner stores are licensed to sell alcohol , typically beer and wine . Such stores may also offer money order and wire transfer services . They differ from general stores and village shops in that they are not in a rural location and are used as a convenient supplement to larger stores . ___MASK82___ involves the process of selling consumer goods or services to customers through multiple channels of distribution to earn a ___MASK90___ . Demand is identified and then satisfied through a supply chain . Attempts are made to increase demand through advertising . In the 2000s , an increasing amount of retailing began occurring online using electronic payment and delivery via a courier or via postal mail . Retailing as a sector includes subordinated services , such as delivery . The term " retailer " is also applied where a service provider services the small orders of a large number of individuals , rather than large orders of a small number of wholesale , corporate or government clientele . Shops may be on residential streets , streets with few or no houses , or in a ___MASK4___ . Shopping streets may restrict traffic to pedestrians only . Sometimes a shopping street has a partial or full roof to create a more comfortable shopping environment  protecting customers from various types of weather conditions such as extreme temperatures , winds or precipitation . Forms of non - shop retailing include online retailing ( a type of electronic - commerce used for business - to - consumer ( B2C ) transactions ) and mail order . France , officially the French ___MASK2___ , is a country with ___MASK80___ in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of France extends from the Mediterranean ___MASK17___ to the English Channel and the North ___MASK17___ , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American ___MASK44___ and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . Carrefour Express is a ___MASK9___ ___MASK60___ , owned by the French ___MASK46___ Carrefour and operating convenience stores in several countries . Hauts - de - Seine ( literally " Seine Heights ") is a ___MASK26___ of France . It is part of the Métropole du Grand Paris and of the Île - de - France region , and covers the western inner suburbs of Paris . It is small and densely populated and contains the modern office , theatre , and shopping complex known as " La Défense ".