Study On The Layout And Design Of Supermarket In Xi'an

With the rapid development of society and economy in China, the consumptive ability ofurban residents becomes bigger and bigger. Supermarket------a new retail form in Chinas------develops quickly, Xi'An is also included. On the one hand, supermarket facilitates urban residents, On the other hand, it makes negative influence on city traffic and development.The layout and design of supermarket in Xi'An has its own characteristics and is different from supermarket not only in overseas but also in other much developed districts in China ,such as Shanghai.This paper consists of two aspects.One aspect is mainly about the layout of supermarket in Xi'An, through the comparison with Shanghai, author first found the characteristic of Xi'An is that the same retail form (the great-supermarket) is distributed in all city areas, including municipal commercial center, district commercial center, residential area commerce and suburb area commerce. Then we explain the reason of the characteristic and discuss the trend of supermarket's layout in Xi'An.The other aspect is based on the former one, author discuss the design of great-supermarket(GSM) in Xi'An on the basis of it's layout author found that we can not find a unique model for all these great-supermarket, so the practical method is to find different design key-points and strategies for great-supermarkets in different city areas.In the conclusion part of this paper, author sum the two above aspects and appeal that we should attach importance on the study on the layout and design of supermarket in underdeveloped areas in China, such as Xi'An. The better tomorrow should be like this: supermarket not only facilitates residents but also coordinates with the development of city.