Der Preiswettbewerb im Konsumgüterhandel ist gerade in Deutschland nicht zu übersehen. Mankönnte also meinen, der Wettbewerb funktioniere trotz voranschreitender Konzentration zumWohle der Verbraucher in allen Bereichen reibungslos. Hinsichtlich vieler bekannter Markenfindet dieser...

Contracts stipulating consumer prices between retailers and suppliers are illegal under European competition law. Without control of prices, the branded goods industry cannot communicate coherent marketing strategies. Retailers, though, control prices, promotions and presentations for industry's...

This paper shows how information about payments contained in normal market based data can be used by retailers. A possible strukture of hypotheses explaining consumers' payment behavior is described and a sample hypothesis is created and tested with actual market basket data. Knowledge of this...