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...

In retailing supply-side stock outs (empty inventories) and demand-side stock outs (empty shelves) have to be discerned, because both can occur independently from each other. They entail different kinds of damages and call for different kinds of countermeasures. The aim of this paper ist to...