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The comparison in terms of trust of modern and traditional supply chains in fresh fruit and vegetable

Seckin, Ebru - European Regional Science Association - 2013

-capital supermarket chains gradually emerged. Supermarkets have restructured their procurement strategies through the introduction of … supermarkets in Latin America in the past two decade (Reardon and Berdegue, 2002; Reardon et al; 2003), with profound effects on … for smallholder farmers. Agri-food markets are restructuring as supermarkets continue to expand. The restructuring process …

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Do consumers benefit from private label development?

Sckokai, Paolo; Soregaroli, Claudio - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006

In the European food sector private labels represent a relevant and increasing share of total sales. Thus, national brands need to adapt their marketing strategies to deal with this growing competition. Focusing on price strategies, recent theoretical papers conclude that private label...

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Retail Sector and Economic Development

Ngotran, Duong; Ngo, Tien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

We build a model for emerging economies where households could search goods through two retail platforms: the legal organized (supermarket) and the informal unorganized (mom-and-pop store). We highlight the role of the retail sector as a special two-sided platform in goods market. A positive...

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Foreign direct investment in retail market in India: some issues and challenges

Santra, Swarup; Bagaria, Nidhi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

India being second most-populous country has immense scope for retail expansion as along with time urbanization and consumerism has also been increasing. Further, India‘s GDP has also been growing at fast rate as it continued to be the second fastest growing economy in the world after China...

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Hartmann, Monika; Klink, Jeanette; Simons, Johannes - In: Food Policy 52 (2015) C, pp. 108-114

Cause related marketing (CrM) has become one of the most dynamic marketing tools. CrM allows companies to signal their overall business culture regarding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at the point of sale. More recently retail chains in Germany have started to use CrM as a strategy to...

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Are there more female managers in the retail sector? Evidence from survey data in developing countries

Amin, Mohammad; Islam, Asif - In: Journal of Applied Economics XVII (2014) November, pp. 213-228

Using firm-level data for 87 developing countries, the paper analyzes how the likelihood of a firm having female vs. male top manager varies across sectors. The service sector is often considered to be more favorable towards women compared with men vis-à-vis the manufacturing sector. While our...

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Evaluating the impact of Sunday trading deregulation

Danchev, Svetoslav; Genakos, Christos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

During the past few decades a number of European countries lifted the regulations that restricted the opening hours of shops on Sunday. In this paper we examine the impact of Sunday trade deregulation on employment, expenditure, prices and market structure using a difference-in-difference...

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Evaluating the Impact of Sunday Trading Deregulation

Danchev, Svetoslav; Genakos, Christos - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

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RETAIL CITY: Does accessibility to shops explain place attractiveness?

Öner, Özge - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013

concentration, and municipal tax levels are controlled for. Results indicate a strong relationship between retail access and place …

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RETURNS TO LOCATION IN RETAIL: Investigating the relevance of market size and regional hierarchy

Öner, Özge - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013

This paper investigates returns to location in the retail sector and further analyzes the systematic variations across central and peripheral retail markets, as well as across different types of retailing activities. The empirical design utilizes individual level data, where the earnings of...

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