Local brands are rapidly emerging in food retail in Asia. However, it is not well understood what impact they have in domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast emergence - a doubling over five years leading to a share...

The trade in fresh and frozen fruit is complex and fragmentary. Currently producers are forced to use a variety of marketing channels - farmers' markets, processing industries, trade companies and brokers. To increase quality, production, profitability and exports, it is essential to maximize...

Nowadays, image is radically important for any product, and even more so for a country. The image that a country displays to the world influences the attitude and perception of the other countries and people in general about itself. Romania is currently facing a brick wall in this area. Although...

The Indian government has provided large subsidies to stimulate the take-off of the cold storage sector. However, the impact of this policy is not well understood. In a case study of the potato sector in Bihar, we find that there have been dramatic increases and rapid up-scaling of cold...

Local brands are rapidly emerging in food retail in Asia. However, it is not well understood what impact they have in domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast emergence - a doubling over five years leading to a share...

The durable goods market in Romania has many features thanks to simultaneously: acquisition way, structure of households, retailers on this market, banking policies as regards providing consumption loans („loans with identity card only”), macroeconomic policies of tacit supporting in...

The main goal of this paper is to show if is possible to find a modern retail chain in one of the world largest economies that uses exclusively psychological pricing, as a dominant competitive advantage, in order to predominantly direct consumer behavior. Pricing, as a source of competitive...

Die Autoren untersuchen im vorliegenden Artikel den Einfluss der zunehmenden Nutzung von Social Media auf das Personalmanagement. Dabei liegt der Fokus vor allem auf dem Bereich Employer Branding, weil die Veränderungen des Medienkonsums und Kommunikationsverhalten, die durch die Nutzung von...

The digitalization of the every-day life also affects buying habits of customers. Changes that take place regarding these habits result in an increasing number of e-commerce retailers. Online-shops in the business-to-consumer field are especially successful with apparel and electronic products....

Die Autoren analysieren, ob ein Social Media Newsroom eine Alternative zur herkömmlichen Pressemitteilungen via Email in der Luxusbranche ist. Ausgehend vom Intereffikationsmodell wird aufgezeigt, dass Journalismus und PR in einer Wechselbeziehung der gegenseitigen Einflussnahme stehen. Via...