Development of conceptual-categorial apparatus of logistics of commercial services

The article concentrates on the study and development of conceptual-categorial apparatus of logistics of commercial services in the modern retail trade of Russia. The paper considers a modern scheme of the interpenetration of retail trade and public catering. The authors have analyzed similar functional features of these two spheres of activity and it's proved that with the development of food industry, product expansion and the increase of industrial production of food products, the role of production in public catering enterprises will be systematically reduced.The authors have determined the place of logistics of commercial services and characteristics of stream processes. The paper states the factors of the development of commercial services logistics andreveals the tendencies of its development at the modern stage of economic relations development. It'sshown that trade service logistics regulates a number of important indicators and has a significant impact on improving the efficiency of retail trade and public catering enterprises.On the basis of this study the authors' definition of logistics of commercial services is given. It's shown that territorial and integral components should be the basis for the development of commercialservices logistics systems.