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...

Many companies manage their business on a geographic basis and evaluate marketing metrics and managers correspondingly. Here, using a multi-level dataset from the U.S. retail gasoline industry, we demonstrate inherent differences in the levels of brand repurchase across territories. Furthermore,...

Store brands account for 41% of the Spanish market share in 2011, and a further increase is expected in next years due to economic crisis, which makes up an increasingly competitive market with great research interest. In this context, our study aims to analyze which variables have a relevant...

Branding is an important element in the retailing industry to influence customer perceptions and drive store choice and loyalty. With the increasing of organized retailing in manifold in the urban and semi-urban areas, it is necessitated the retailer to brand its retail outlet. Even many...

In this paper, we study the role of point-of-sale (POS) marketing mix variables in explaining variation in brand shares (i) at different retail formats, and (ii) across national and store brands in different price tiers. Stores in different retail formats differ in their positioning, the...

For Indians, gold jewelry is an accumulation of value, a revelation of wealth and a basic element of copious rituals. According to various business studies, the South Indian States account for 60 per cent of gold sales in India, and the Kerala State devours about Rs 20,000 crores and is homed to...

The purpose of this research is to explore the relationship between brand engagement in self-concept and brand loyalty in the virtual shopping in the metaverse. By examining the relationship between consumers' self-concept and their engagement with brands in the virtual shopping environment,...

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...

In order to shape the customers' image about a retailer, a retail brand or a retail format, the retail company may appeal, in addition to the marketing tools, to the corporate culture (the company's own perspective) and the company's reputation (how the company is perceived by the public)....

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...