Purpose: This study aims to focus on the role of niche brands in online retailer assortments and the general market positions of niche brands, no prior study has explicitly focused on if and when brick-and-mortar retailers should include niche brands in their category assortments....

Purpose: This paper aims to move beyond previous investigations juxtaposing the performance of global versus domestic brands, where domestic is referred to as “localness” in the literature, conceptualizing and developing two measures of “within-country brand or product localness.” In...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate how the current size and structure of a branded product portfolio impacts new product performance for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), testing the long-standing proposition that extending a firm’s brand and product portfolio too far is a dangerous...

Contents: 1. Introduction to how to conduct an effective peer review -- 2. What is a high-quality review? -- 3. WIIFM - what's in it (peer reviewing) for me? -- 4. Expectations of high-quality reviewers: the 5 Rs -- 5. Getting started and a reviewing template -- 6. Reviewing the introduction --...