一、中国零售业现状随着买方市场的形成和新兴业态的兴起 ,推动了我国零售业格局在世纪之交发生了重大变革。数十年来以传统百货店为主的中国零售业 ,将进入以连锁经营为主的业态多样化时代。“业态”是指零售业的营业形态 ,这里的“业态”一词于 2 0世纪 80年代初传入中国 ,被 I. Status of China’s Retail Industry With the formation of the buyer’s market and the rise of new formats, the pattern of China’s retail industry has undergone major changes at the turn of the century. The retail industry in China, which has been dominated by traditional department stores for decades, will enter an era of diversified formats based on chain stores. “Format” refers to the retail business form, where the word “format” was introduced into China in the early 1980s, was