Retail is the largest private industry in the world which accounts for 8 % GDP. In countries like US, UK, Germany, France major market share is in larger formats of business in terms of retail activities, categories, range, brands, and volumes etc. Indian retail industry is slowly inching its way towards becoming the next boom industry, as retail sector has been getting major attention from the...

Multi-store retailers have the ability to offer different prices based on the geography of their stores. They sometimes do, but often only to a limited extent. This is observed in home improvement retailing, where the large retail chains charge different prices nationally but opt not to set prices store-by-store or even by market. Instead, prices are assigned to zones spanning several markets t...

This study empirically estimates a multivariate binary choice model for four categories of food shopping store formats. The results indicate that in the Qingdao market, traditional counter parts such as wet markets and small grocery stores have been dominated by supermarkets and hypermarkets. At the same time, the rapid growth of hypermarkets in Qingdao is significantly challenging current supe...

How can flagships and brand stores contribute to building brands? We inquire about the relationships between store image, brand experience, brand attitude, brand attachment and brand equity using store intercepts. We find that flagships, due to the powerful brand experiences they allow, have a stronger impact on brand attitude, brand attachment and brand equity compared to brand stores. We prov...

We apply Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes (1995) to jointly estimate demand and cost parameters for all 178 brands (products) in Retail Carbonated Soft Drinks over 28 bi-monthly periods. Our innovation is to randomize over store coverage (weighted by store size) to create a distribution of consumers’ taste for location convenience to each brand. Such distributions and their interaction with price ent...

The objective of the study was to investigate impact store environment on repurchase intention and examine mediating role image created through Sri Lankan retail supermarkets. Data were collected from 183 customers supermarkets using a questionnaire. Findings indicate that leads image, which is important for formation customers. further revealed partially mediates relationship between Retail ma...

Wang, Jingjin. M.S., Purdue University, May 2014. Characteristics and Practices that May Lead to Listeria monocytogenes Contamination in Retail Delis. Major Professor: Haley F. Oliver. The foodborne pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes, can contaminate ready-to-eat (RTE) deli meats at retail delis, since retail delis provide an ideal environment for L. monocytogenes growth. Current risk assessment ...

AIMS In June, 2012 the state of Washington ended a wholesale and retail monopoly on liquor sales resulting in about five times as many stores selling liquor. Three-tier restrictions were also removed on liquor, while beer and wine availability did not increase. Substantial taxes at both the wholesale and retail levels were implemented and it was expected that prices would rise. METHODS To eva...