How centralised the logistics are doesn't seem to me to be all that related to the size and number of the shops. For example, here there's Tesco. But there's h

How centralised the logistics are doesn't seem to me to be all that related to the size and number of the shops. For example, here there's Tesco. But there's huge tescos, tiny ones in towns, tiny ones outside of towns, subsidiary companies like onestop that exclusively are smaller shops (we tend to call them "corner shops" here). If anything, a larger central logistics "engine" behind it should make it much easier to pop up a new shop somewhere as most of the issues are solved and there's experience in doing it. It does however make things more boring.