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...

The present study explores some marketing mix effects on private labels brand equity creation. The research aims to study the effect of some elements under retailer's direct control such as in-store communications, in-store promotions and distribution intensity as well as other general marketing...

The rising phenomenon of private label brands across the globe has given grocery retailers new areas for competition and growth. As a result, this has spiralled competition between private label brands (PLBs) and national brands (NBs). With the grocery retail space undergoing various transitions...

This provides a test of Kashyap’s speculation that branded goods are discounted less often when private label goods have a high market share. This was tested by (1) looking at a cross section across a large set of packaged goods categories and (2) looking at twelve product categories...

Retailers act as intermediaries between manufacturers and consumers. When retailers sell their own products alongside those of manufacturers, what is the effect on competition? Further, how does this effect hinge on market power? In this paper, I theoretically and empirically study the effect of...

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...

The business world has moved from using trademarks — simple symbols identifying products — to brands — rich symbols that feed business strategy. At the same time, networked and empowered consumers are using brands, brand language, and branding strategies to make decisions about what they...

The branding progression is moulded in several phases, from identifying the brand and continuing to its evangelism. The paper investigates the complex relationship between how brand identification leads to brand love, which eventually creates brand loyalty, and all of them together lead to brand...

To advance understanding of how well different types of brand relationships drive customer brand loyalty and to help companies improve the effectiveness of their relationship-building investments, this article conducts a meta-analysis of the link between five consumer-brand relationship...