FUNCTIONING OF RETAIL NETWORKS IN COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT
Retail network of the territories and settlements develops according to the general principles of organization and location of trade enterprises, economic tendencies and traditions of use of various kinds and forms. New technologies play a significant role in trading business. As a rule, within concrete geographical unit, various trade enterprises differing in activity scales and organizational-legal forms and kinds are presented. Organization of trading networks activity has its features. The enterprises, which are a part of a trading network, have certain competitive advantages in comparison with the competing trading structures.