We analyze a market where firms compete in a conventional and an electronicretail channel. Consumers easily compare prices online, but some incur purchaseuncertainties on the online channel. We investigate the market shares of the two retailchannels and the prices that are charged. We find that...

As the importance of online grocery shopping increases, both pure-play online grocers and multichannel grocers are likely to be interested in setting optimal prices for their online stores. We use a unique household scanner panel dataset to investigate how a grocery retailer with both online and...

This article extends prior research on perceptions of price (un)fairness by attempting to disentangle where in the marketing channel (un)fairness inferences lie. Extant research in this area overwhelmingly considers (un)fairness perceptions with respect to the pricing action only, ignoring...

The extant literature has well documented consumers' fairness concerns. For example, when a firm charges a higher price than what's considered fair (a reference point), some consumers may experience some psychological disutility when buying from the firm. This paper studies a channel where the...

We advance the literature on dynamic oligopoly pricing models in the presence of switching costs by additionally modeling the strategic pricing role of the retailer within the distribution channel. In doing this, we study the relative dynamic pricing implications of how current retail and...

The current study aims to research the promotional strategies targeted to the consumer of a single-product category. Primarily, it focuses on the study of the influence made by the promotional strategies of Manufacturer brands (MB) in the sales of the whole category in general and, in the...