Stakeholders’ perception of collaborative stores in the city of São Paulo

Resumen

The sharing economy is a recent phenomenon that has emerged due to its growing expansion in the market and in the media. The objective is to present the perception of stakeholders about collaborative stores in the city of São Paulo. Collaborative stores are retail structures engaged in the shared economy. The research is exploratory, qualitative and multiple case study. Eight interviews were conducted with semi-structured questions with stakeholders. It was concluded that collaborative stores are structures that foster entrepreneurship, especially for managers of small businesses or individual entrepreneurs, serving as a laboratory for the development of small brands and products.