The article presents the changes that have taken place in recent years regarding the integration of domestic retail enterprises, which fundamentally alter the functioning of the enterprise, including the sphere of purchasing and the procurement processes of integrated stores. Consolidated companies, by reporting an increasingly strong demand for services provided by distribution centers and logistics centers, thereby accelerate the organizational and technical progress taking place in the processes of delivering goods to stores, which in turn positively influences the integration of companies.
Recent years have brought clear quantitative and qualitative changes in the integration processes of domestic retail companies, which have been contributed to by:
• increased competition in the trade sphere, not only between domestic companies and foreign chains, but also within the group of native retail and wholesale firms
• the popularization of integrated companies that have achieved market success, which has encouraged other enterprises to cooperate within various forms of integration
• the growing knowledge of traders about possible forms of enterprise integration, resulting in a growing conviction in integration as a company development strategy
• the experience of operating according to the principles of integration, which has allowed companies to enter the next – higher stage of integration development, resulting in greater operational efficiency in the market.
• the popularization of integrated companies that have achieved market success, which has encouraged other enterprises to cooperate within various forms of integration
• the growing knowledge of traders about possible forms of enterprise integration, resulting in a growing conviction in integration as a company development strategy
• the experience of operating according to the principles of integration, which has allowed companies to enter the next – higher stage of integration development, resulting in greater operational efficiency in the market.
The article comes from the magazine “Logistyka” 6/2006.