Narkop: a positive approach to the small shop: The Swedish Co‐op's achievement

The Swedish Co‐op have taken a positive attitude to the problem of small shops with their Narkop group, which has converted their existing shops into modern and relatively efficient retail units. The project should not be seen solely in economic terms but as a recognition on the part of the Swedish Co‐op that efficiently organised and serviced small shops are an integral feature of the retail system in both economic and social terms. The Co‐op has realised that retailing, after all, fulfils a social as well as an economic function in modern society.