Brand image is the current view of the customers about a brand. It can be defined as a unique bundle of associations within the minds of target customers. It signifies what the brand presently stands for. It is a set of beliefs held about a specific brand. In short, it is nothing but the...

We systematically study market share and product assortment dispersion of national brands in 25 consumer packaged goods industries across 199 markets and 109 retailers in the US. Previous findings by Bronnenberg et al. (2007, 2009) highlight the persistent differences in market shares of...

Contents: Introduction: The 'country' vs. 'Place' and 'marketing' vs. 'Branding' conundrum / Nicolas Papadopoulos and Mark Cleveland -- Part I: 'birds of a feather, all over the place': My neighbourhood, my town, my country -- 1. Conceptions of place: From streets and neighbourhoods to towns,...