| Departmental Store | Super Market Store |
| (1) Meaning | It is a large scale retail shop having different departments and sections for different types of goods. | It is a large scale retail organisation which sells a wide variety of goods to the customers on basis of self service. |
| (2) Capital | Requires large scale of capital | Requires less capital than departmental store. |
| (3) Articles sold | Customers belonging to high and middle income class. | Customers are belonging to all types of classes. |
| (4) Utility | Prices of goods are generally higher than market price. | Prices of goods are generally lower than market price. |
| (5) Salesman | Goods are sold by Salesman. | There is no salesman for sale. |
