The Indian retail industry was estimated at USD 520 Billion in 2013 and projected to grow at a rate of 13% and will have a market size of USD 950 billion by 2018 (E&Y, 2014). Retail sector has become competitive with the emergence of organized retail players. Currently retailers are focusing on...

This paper explores the relationship between shelf prices and manufacturers' coupons for 25 ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. Contrary to the predictions of static monopoly price discrimination, we find the shelf prices for a particular brand in a particular city are generally lower during periods...

This paper explores the relationship between shelf prices and manufacturers' coupons for 25 ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. Contrary to the predictions of static monopoly price discrimination, we find the shelf prices for a particular brand in a particular city are generally lower during periods...

Product differentiation is well established as being the key source of the cereal industry's high price-cost margins. However, there is little consensus as to whether pricing collusion is also a source of profitability, and indeed, whether price even serves as a strategic variable in this...

In this paper, we analysed the relationship between sustainable buying intention (SBI) and marketing strategies (price, product, communication and placement) and We use a theoretical model to test hypothesis via structural equation model by maximum likelihood in AMOS version 19.0 software....

Purpose: This article investigated and compared the relative importance of 14 wine attributes on the wine-purchasing behaviour of South African consumers of different generational groups. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 646 South African wine consumers by means of a...

This paper reviews the Thai national character according to Hofstede's cultural dimension theory and Komin's nine values cluster (Psychology of the Thai people), analyses the social hierarchy of Thai consumers according to the Luxury 4P Taxonomy (Han et al., 2010), integrates the Theory of...