This brief Report provides a summary of the initial findings of a two-year study that has investigated the perceptions and satisfaction of consumers with the local grocery shopping facilities they have available. The Economic and Social Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences...

We analyze the listing decisions of a retailer who may ask her suppliers to make upfront payments in order to be listed. We consider a sequential game with upfront payments being negotiated before short-term delivery contracts. We show that the retailer is more likely to use upfront payments the...