Hypermarket - List of Hypermarkets - Other Countries

Other Countries

• In Argentina, the most common hypermarkets are Carrefour, COTO and Norte (until it was bought out by Carrefour).
• In Bahrain, there are several hypermarkets including Géant, Carrefour, and Lulu Hypermarket.
• In Belarus, there is a hypermarket called Gippo (Гиппо) in Minsk.
• In Bosnia and Herzegovina,the largest hypermarket retailer is Bingo in Tuzla.
• In Brazil, there are hypermarkets open 24 hours a day, such as Extra (from the Pão de Açúcar business group), as well as foreign companies, such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour.
• In Chile, the principal hypermarkets are Líder, Jumbo and Tottus.
• In China, the largest hypermarket retailer is Shanghai-based Bailian (百联), followed by Beijing-based Hualian (华联). Foreign retailers such as Carrefour, Wal-Mart, Metro, Tesco, Auchan and Ito Yokado also have a large presence in China.
• In Colombia major hypermarkets are Carrefour and Almacenes Exito
• In Croatia, Mercator and Konzum have hypermakets in major towns.
• In Serbia, Tempo Centar, METRO Cash & Carry and Mercator have hypermakets in major towns.
• In Denmark, Bilka is the biggest chain of hypermarkets (operated by Dansk Supermarked); the 2nd biggest chain is Kvickly xtra (formerly known as OBS, and operated by Coop). Opening of new hypermarkets have decreased recently, as of 2010, due to restrictions on store sizes to protect the stores in city centers.
• In Ecuador, the most popular hypermarket chain is Megamaxi, a division of Corporación Favorita, which has several other store formats.
• In El Salvador there are three hypermarket chains, Price Mart, Hiper Europa, and Hiper Paíz.
• In Egypt there are three hypermarket chains; Carrefour, Hyper One and Spinneys in the shopping mall City Stars. There is also a Carrefour in Alexandria at the City Centre Mall.
• In Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the biggest chains are Maxima, Norfa, Iki, Rimi, respectively. Several foreign supermarkets are also present.
• In Finland the largest hypermarkets are Prisma (S-Group), Citymarket (Kesko) and Euromarket (Tradeka).
• In Germany, the biggest hypermarket brands are Real (METRO AG), Kaufland (which belongs to Lidl) and Marktkauf (which is a brand of AVA, which in turn belongs to EDEKA). However, for various reasons, such as the strong competition by more focused discounters such as Aldi and Lidl, as well as legal restrictions on store size, pricing policy, and opening times, the hypermarket concept is not as widespread in Germany as in other countries.
• In Hong Kong, there were some hypermarkets owned by Carrefour, which were closed down by 2000. As of July 2011, there are 5 Æon (永旺百貨) JUSCO hypermarkets, 19 Wellcome Superstores (惠康超級廣場), and 43 PARKnSHOP Superstores (百佳超級廣場) there.
• In Hungary the biggest hypermarket presence is that of Tesco. Auchan, Cora, Metro and Spar also operate several hypermarkets in the country.
• In Italy and Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland, the term is ipermercati. The biggest hypermarkets are Auchan, Carrefour, Iper, Panorama, Ipercoop, Iperstanda, Il Gigante, Interspar/Iperspar, Iperfamila, E. Leclerc.
• In Japan, JUSCO (Aeon), Ito Yokado, YouMe Town, Fuji and Uny are widely seen.
• In Kuwait, hypermarkets include the Sultan Center, CityCentre, Lulu Hypermarket and a Carrefour. The Sultan Center has 11 locations in Kuwait that target expatriate shoppers. CityCentre has two hypermarkets in Kuwait, one in Shuwaikh and one in Salmiya. Carrefour has one hypermarket at The Avenues, located in Shuwaikh a few minutes out of downtown Kuwait City
• In Kenya there are hypermarkets like Uchumi and Nakumatt hypermarkets in the capital city Nairobi, and some of them operate 24/7.
• In Lithuania, there is the homegrown chain of Maxima supermarkets which range in sizes from neighborhood convenience stores to giant supercenters that stock over 65,000 different brands. The chain has 399 stores open throughout Lithuania and its neighboring countries.
• In Mauritius, retailer Shoprite runs a hypermarket in Quatre Bornes.
• In Mexico, Soriana, Comercial Mexicana, Casa Ley and Chedraui are the main competitor to Walmex, the Mexican operations of Wal-Mart.
• In New Zealand, The Warehouse operated three hypermarkets in the North Island between 2006 and 2009 under the "Extra" banner. These stores were closed due to poor performance.
• In Norway the Coop chain operates hypermarkets under the Obs! name.
• In Peru, the Wong and its sister hypermarket Hipermercados Metro are the biggest chain in Peru. Their main competitor is Tottus which has the largest stores in South America.
• In Poland, the most common hypermarkets are Auchan, Carrefour, Géant, Real (which is a brand of METRO AG) and Tesco.
• In Portugal, there are a considerable number of hypermarket chains in operation, including Continente (the biggest and the first Portuguese chain to go international), Jumbo/Pão de Açúcar, Pingo Doce, Lidl and Intermarché. Most of these chains also operate supermarkets and smaller stores.
• In Saudi Arabia, Carrefour and Hyper Panda are the major hypermarkets.
• In Slovenia the biggest is Mercator, the 2nd biggest is Spar and the third is Tuš.
• In South Africa, the Pick 'n Pay chain uses the term for 14 of their largest stores. Checkers runs 24 hypermarkets under the "Checkers Hyper" name.
• In South Korea, the largest hypermarket chains are E-Mart(Shinsegae Group), Lotte Mart(Lotte), Homever(E-Land), GS Supermarket(GS Group) and HomePlus(Samsung&Tesco).
• In Sri Lanka, Arpico Supercentres have few around the capital city, Colombo.
• In Sweden, the largest hypermarket chains are Coop Forum and MAXI ICA Stormarknad.
• In Taiwan, Carrefour operates the majority of hypermarkets. Various large combination stores also exist.
• In Vietnam, some supermarkets have been developed into hypermarkets. These include Me Linh Plaza furniture Hypermarket, Big C Thang Long and Metro Thang Long, all of which are in Hanoi.