...Maree Thyne; Kirsten Robertson; Leah Watkins; Olly Casey Purpose Children are familiar with retail outlets (especially supermarkets) and the reality of shopping from an increasingly early age. In turn, retailers are actively engaging this young market, targeting them through various promotional...

...André de Waal; Erjen van Nierop; Laurens Sloot Purpose The Dutch supermarket industry is dominated by a small number of powerful companies which capture the majority of sales and which compete fiercely with each other. This competition is mainly quality based, in the sense of offering increasingly...

... of the study revealed that despite urban consumer interest in local food, this did not necessarily translate in to purchase behaviour. Convenience of the “one-stop” offered by supermarkets along with availability, price and food labelling were found to be key barriers to the purchase of local food...

... to well‐known studies concerning the diffusion of western forms of retailing discussed across the social sciences. Findings As a country encountering the third wave of supermarket proliferation within emerging markets, Vietnam's experience is found to broadly fit the models of retail foreign direct...

... supermarkets have benefited supermarket chains, because their supply is similar to that of hypermarkets, at least in daily consumer products. The quaint Spanish practice of regions deciding on the rules in the development of domestic commerce offers an opportunity to test this hypothesis among the less...

.... Practical implications Research outcomes encourage supermarket retailers to implement targeted marketing and rationalized operational strategies that deliver on attributes of importance. Originality/value This research makes a contribution to segmentation literature and grocery retail practice...

...Yanee Srimanee; Jayant Kumar Routray Purpose The main objective of this paper is to identify and study the marketing chains of fresh fruit and vegetables (FFV) in Thailand, the linkages of FFV farmers with supermarkets, and an evaluation of supermarket procurement systems. Another aim...

...Torben Hansen; Jan Møller Jensen; Hans Stubbe Solgaard Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether consumer supermarket satisfaction is influenced by the mere composition of consumers' preference structure, as opposed to more widespread approaches where consumer satisfaction...

... and consumption. Customer perceptions are also compared between farmers' markets and supermarkets. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires were completed by 252 customers at 11 farmers' markets around New Zealand in 2008‐2009. Customers rated the importance of 31 constructs that might influence...

.... These unconventional stores had an average floorspace of 58,000 sq feet, at a time when the average supermarket operated from no more than 4,000 sq feet (Whysall, 2005). They provided the Asda management with invaluable experience of large‐scale volume trading. Asda, from its base in Leeds, found a large...

... by academia to investigate the relative concepts and measures. The purpose of this paper is to examine a synthesis of IM and investigates its effect on business performance in a retail context. Design/methodology/approach The context of this paper is within supermarket chains in Greece with nation wide...

... associations as they appeared on products in 26 categories was conducted in a major New Zealand supermarket outlet. Findings The results of the content analysis of 788 brands revealed that the majority featured at least one country of origin (COO) association and indicated that they were either “made...

...Carlos Pestana Barros; Ricardo Sellers‐Rubio Purpose The aim of the paper is to estimate the cost efficiency of supermarket chains in the Spanish retailing industry. Design/methodology/approach The methodology applied is based on a random stochastic frontier model that enables separation...

... Limited 2008 1. ownership; 2. location; and 3. internalization. India Retailing Cross‐cultural studies International business Supermarkets In times of cut throat competition in the retail industry and saturation of domestic markets, retailers have been looking...

...Sameer Kumar Purpose This paper aims to analyze and identify commonalities and differences between the supermarket industry and its logistics capabilities in developed economies such as North America, the European Union and Japan, as well as the emerging Asian economy of India. Design...

..., formed from local competitive conditions. The paper proposes a clustering method based on five indicators of local competition. The research results are derived from local competitive conditions and the performance of 168 supermarkets, located in Sweden, and controlled by one retail chain. Findings...

...Suzanne Richbell; Victoria Kite Purpose The paper aims to explore the characteristics of night shoppers at a large, out of centre UK supermarket which is “open 24 hours”. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory study of one such store based on short interviews with a stratified random...

...Neil F. Doherty; Fiona Ellis‐Chadwick; Ray Hackney; Kevin Grant; Grete Birtwistle Purpose With the emergence of enabling internet technologies and increased competition between UK supermarkets has led the “big four” – Tesco, J Sainsbury, ASDA and Safeway/Morrisons – to develop grocery operations...

...Carlos Pestana Barros Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse a representative sample of hypermarkets and supermarkets working in the Portuguese market, using a benchmark procedure to compare companies that compete in the same market and thereby deriving managerial and policy implications...

...Ricardo Sellers‐Rubio; Francisco Mas‐Ruiz Purpose To estimate the economic efficiency of supermarket chains in the Spanish retailing industry. Design/methodology/approach The methodology applied is based on the non‐parametric technique of data envelopment analysis. The empirical application...