We consider a retailer's decision of developing a store brand (SB) version of a national brand (NB) and the role that its positioning strategy plays in appropriating the supply chain profit. Since the business of the retailer can be regarded as selling to NB manufacturers the shelf space at its...

We argue in this paper that retailers can strategically position store brands in product space to strengthen their bargaining position when negotiating supply terms with manufacturers of national brands. Using a bargaining framework we model a retailer's decision whether to carry an additional...

In this paper, we investigate how retailer competition and asymmetry affect store brand strategy when some of the consumers are one-stop shoppers. We find that when the intensity of competition between retailers is low, store brands can be used to shield consumers loyal to the national brand...

Globalization of consumer brands and liberalization of the Indian retail sectors are enabling consumers to conveniently purchase their aspirational Global brands. India being one of the fast-developing countries with world's second largest population and the majority of the retail market being...

This research was conducted in Three Districts of South Rajasthan (Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Pali) and explores the reasons behind the preference of purchasing Private label brands (PLBs) from an organized retail chain store by consumers. Participants indicated that their decision to purchase...

Indian retail is in an expansion spree and many companies are joining the retail landscape. After food and groceries segment apparel is the next large retail segment and the consumption of apparel is also very large in volume. Previously the manufacturing brands used to lead the apparel category...

The consolidation of retailers across markets has considerably altered the competitive dynamics between leading brand manufacturers and retailers. The era in which brand manufacturers dictate the game to compliant retailers is long gone. Nowadays, with more equal negotiation power retailers are...

Nowadays, private labeling has become a widely implemented strategy by modern market retailers. Retailers such as supermarkets and hypermarkets have superior supply chain in the country that they begin to extend their brand and make their own products, which is called private brand. The growth...