Spatial Competition Involving Chain Stores and Independent Unit Stores in a Distribution System

Spatial Competition in Variety and Number of Stores

We propose location-then-variety competition for a multi-product and multi-store oligopoly, in which the number of firms, the number of stores and their location, and the number of varieties are endogenously determined. We show that as compared to price-then-variety and quantity-then-variety competition, location-then-variety competition with multi-stores yields a much richer set of equilibrium...

Countervailing Power and Chain Stores

Consumer Search with Chain Stores

The paper explores a consumer search setting where the sellers have asymmetries. The model is an extension of the popular Stahl Model, which is widely used in the literature. The extension introduces sellers with heterogeneous stores number, reflecting the typical market structure. The market consists of several sellers heterogeneous in size consumers, some of which face a cost when sequentiall...

Sergey Kuniavsky: Consumer Search with Chain Stores

The Stahl model is one of the most applied consumer search models, with many applications and an empirical background. The present paper explores an extension where sellers have asymmetries, which is mostly excluded by the literature. Sellers with heterogeneous numbers of stores are introduced, reflecting a typical market structure. As in the original Stahl model, a market consists of several s...

Enterprise App Stores for Distribution-Led Businesses

Saurabh Verma is a CPG Domain Consultant with Tata Consultancy Services. He comes with over 6 years of rich industry experience in managing sales and key accounts for various manufacturing and CPG organizations across multiple geographies. This industry experience complements his current role in IT sector in exhibiting thought leadership in the field of sales and distribution. He has created in...