Focuses on the changing nature of retail competition and the way it affects local consumer choice in the UK grocery sector. Integrates relevant literature on the economic aspects of competition with work on the changing corporate geographies of retailers. Links vertical market power (relative to...

Explores the usefulness of capturing information about the shopper basket from computerized scanners, instead of only using data based on article umbers. Shopper baskets, as reflected by the receipt, are more akin to the consumer′s shopping problem and can be used to study shopping behaviour...

Reviews the Australian National Heart Foundation′s “Pick the Tick” food endorsement program. The program is seen by the Foundation as part of its mission to promote the kind of healthy living that is conducive to improving the heart health of all Australians and reducing disability and...

Provides a new way to look at competitive brand strategy through analysis of switching, where the only data required are market‐level brand‐switching matrices. The parameters indicate, for each brand, the degree to which it insulates itself from competition. Shows empirically that this...

Sales and market share of store brands have been growing significantly at the expense of national brands. The decision to purchase a store brand or a national brand has been modeled in this paper. The proposed model provides an explanation for the existence of asymmetric price competition...

The equilibrium structure of packaged goods markets in Japan resembles that in Western economies: brands compete against each other in largely unsegmented markets, with the extent of consumers’ brand‐switching and divided loyalties between brands largely predictable from the differing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of consumer preferences and mind‐set regarding the transition to using renewable energy. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is an experimental design of messaging (conjoint analysis). Findings – The study...

This study examined the relationship of consumer values, needs and purchase behavior in two Asian consumer markets, China and South Korea. Between self‐directed values and social affiliation values, self‐directed values were the underlying determinant of needs to be satisfied by apparel...

Compulsion to buy is an important but neglected aspect of consumer behavior. This research uses cross‐cultural data from the USA and South Korea to study compulsive consumption behavior by focusing on individual factors. Three compulsive consumption behaviors (i.e. compulsive buying,...

Purpose – Despite proven strategic significance and wide acceptance of private label products (PB), our understanding of PB in international markets is limited. The purposes of this study are to propose a model that integrates four consumer characteristic variables (price consciousness, value...