%0 Journal Article %T Changes in Retail Industry in the Eu Ma menin s prekybos sektoriaus poky iai europos s jungoje %A Blazenka Knezevic %A Sanda Renko %A Nikola Knego %J Business, Management and Education %D 2011 %I Vilnius Gediminas Technical University %R 10.3846/bme.2011.03 %X Retail is an important industry of each national economy. In the EU, it is an important source of employment and significantly contributes to the GDP creation. Moreover, almost one fifth of all companies are registered in retail industry. In the past decade, retail industry is changing from applying domestically oriented towards internationally oriented business strategies. The importance of large companies is this industry is growing, too. Retail trade concentration process is recognized in all EU countries. In this paper, some of prevailing trends in retail industry are analyzed and explained. The analysis includes EU countries and Croatia as EU candidate country. Article in English Ma menin prekyba yra svarbi pramon s aka kiekvienos alies ekonomikoje. ES tai yra svarbus darbo viet altinis ir daug prisideda prie BVP k¨±rimo. Beveik penktadalis vis moni registruotos ma menin s prekybos sektoriuje. Per pastar j de imtmet ma menin s prekybos sektoriuje keit si i vidaus tarptautin rink orientuotos verslo strategijos. iame sektoriuje taip pat did ja ir dideli moni svarba. Ma menin s prekybos koncentracijos procesas pripa stamas visose ES alyse. iame straipsnyje yra analizuojamos ir pateikiamos vyraujan ios ma menin s prekybos tendencijos, traukiant ES alis ir Kroatij kaip ES al kandidat . Straipsnis angl kalba %K retail %K distributive trade %K EU %K concentration %K internationalization %U http://www.bme.vgtu.lt/index.php/bme/article/view/25