Era 1: 1963-68, Halcyon days -- Era 2: 1969-73, A fall from grace -- Era 3: 1974-80, The resurrection -- Era 4: 1980-83, Happy days are here again -- Era 5: 1983-90, Merrily we roll along, until we don't -- Era 6: 1990-98, Tea and crumpets, anyone?

This paper develops a model for multi-store competition between firms. Using thefact that different firms have different outlets and produce horizontally differentiated goods, we obtain a pure strategy equilibrium where firms choose a different location for each outlet and firms' locations are...