In this regard, the goal of the study is to analyze the main trends in the development of distribution and retail sales in the consumer market. The main factors that influence the level of distribution and sales have been identified to solve this problem by the example of the Russian Federation as the state described by high differentiation of the level of trade development in its regions. | Trends in the development of distribution and retail sales of consumer goods in the context of integration processes in the Russia s trade International Journal of Management Volume 11 Issue 04 April 2020 pp. 232-243. Article ID IJM_11_04_024 Available online at http ijm JType IJM amp VType 11 amp IType 4 Journal Impact Factor 2020 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER GOODS IN THE CONTEXT OF INTEGRATION PROCESSES IN THE RUSSIA S TRADE Svetlana Borisovna Aleksina Plekhanov Russian University of Economics 36 Stremyanny Lane Moscow 117997 Russia ABSTRACT Distribution services have great influence on the living standards of the population being in direct contact with it and thereby playing an important social role in the economic life of society. Trade is an important component of distribution services and its development trends are largely determined by the integration processes in the economy. In this regard the goal of the study is to analyze the main trends in the development of distribution and retail sales in the consumer market. The main factors that influence the level of distribution and sales have been identified to solve this problem by the example of the Russian Federation as the state described by high differentiation of the level of trade development in its regions. As a result of the study it has been found that the urban population weight and the retail space have the greatest influence on the level of distribution and retail sales development. At the same time the retail space per capita is primarily interconnected with the development of network forms of trade while the development of nonintegrated forms is largely determined by the number of trade organizations and population density. A method for estimating the integral indicator of distribution and retail sales .