近十年来,特别是在过去的五年中,香港的零售贸易发展迅速,不仅在高速的增长率方面令人瞩目,更为重要的是,该行业服务形式的转变。连锁商店,便利商店,以及特许经营的集团风起云涌。他们携持巨资,以专业的管理技术和优良的服务,不断扩大市场所占份额,并将传统的中小型商人从市场中排挤出去。这标志着一场经营形式的变革,即过去零售的独资经营朝向集团式的经 In the past decade, especially during the past five years, Hong Kong’s retail trade has developed rapidly, not only in terms of high-speed growth rates, but also, more importantly, the change in the form of service in the industry. Chain stores, convenience stores, and franchising groups are surging. They carry huge sums of money, and with professional management techniques and excellent services, they continue to expand their share of the market and crowd out traditional small and medium-sized merchants from the market. This marked a change in the form of business, that is, the sole proprietorship of retail sales in the past was toward the corporate type.