price club - mass merchandiser chains

French translation: La grande distribution

11:26 Feb 25, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
English term or phrase: price club - mass merchandiser chains
... the huge "price clubs" - the mass merchandiser chains - that are the fastest growing retailers for groceries and alcoholic beverages.

Je pense aux "grandes chaînes de supermarchés" mais il me manque des éléments. Merci.
Claudia Iglesias
Chile
Local time: 14:29
French translation:La grande distribution
Explanation:
Me semble correspondre à ton propos. Salut !
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Local time: 20:29
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J'ai fait un cocktail des 2 réponses, j'ai mis "grande distribution à prix discount", merci à tous les deux.
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4hypermarchés discount (see explanation)
Patricia Lane
3 -1La grande distribution
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La grande distribution


Explanation:
Me semble correspondre à ton propos. Salut !


    Reference: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2002/12/JACQUIAU/17253
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J'ai fait un cocktail des 2 réponses, j'ai mis "grande distribution à prix discount", merci à tous les deux.

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disagree  Patricia Lane: Par ex, Carrefour est dans la grande distribution mais n'est pas un price club
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hypermarchés discount (see explanation)


Explanation:
we've come to that too here save that anglo saxon terms have been adopted.
if, in your text, these price clubs do not require a membership, then hypermarchés disount or "hard discounter" are appropriate translations, esp in a marketing or advertizing context.
simply using grande distribution or hypermarchés does not incorporate the idea of discounts.

Patricia Lane
France
Local time: 20:29
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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