Retail in Indonesia has appeared one by one over time, including in rural areas like the Blok Songo Area, a village in the Kotapinang District of the North Sumatra Province. In Blok Songo, there are retail companies Alfamart, Alfamidi, and Indomaret. This creates competition that confuses each customer. The strategy implemented by retail companies makes customers more attached to their respective products; however, the obstacle that frequently arises for customers is the difference in distance, price, brand image, and service quality, which causes customer dissatisfaction. As a result, the purpose of this study has two sides. first, to investigate the factors that influence customers’ decisions regarding Alfamart, Alfamidi, and Indomaret as shopping destinations. Second, to know the significant impact on customers from the Complex where residents are engaged in the efficient operation of a retail business, by taking interviews with the complex’s authorities in order to gather data that will be beneficial to every retailer in developing, changing and even create new marketing techniques that link the key feature that significantly affects visitor interest. The Analytical Hierarchy Process is the method that is utilized and the last result of the alternatives Alfamidi Obtained 0,51925, Indomaret with 0,31002, and Alfamat with 0,17073 score.