...Michael Christopher Benson; Keith Glanfield; Craig Hirst; Susan Wakenshaw Purpose The category captain system (CC) of retailer category management (RCM) is established, accepted, and widely adopted. The paper empirically assesses the application of this system in building collaborations between...

... or economic and demographic indicators. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, few contributions combine RFID and consumer behaviour outside conceptual work or laboratory experiments. RFID Supply chain Category management Retail operations Customer behaviour Fashion retail Technology in the retail...

...James W. Hamister; Sima M. Fortsch Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the performance impact for small, local retailers by the means of category management (CM) practice and implementation. The authors utilized survey methodology to investigate both the immediate and cumulative...

..., several widely‐different product‐pricing combinations result in similar levels of category demand. Originality/value The paper's findings imply that retailers can bring parsimony to their category management process by shifting their strategic focus from individual brands to assortment clusters...