Reports the highlights of a study designed to describe certain relationships between sales trends and advertising and price patterns for nine Canadian grocery markets from 1958 to 1967. Uses the results of the study to illustrate several characteristics of modern competition and marketing, their...

Reviews various methods for handling competition in dynamic market models. Proposes a research strategy which considers the method in relation to quantitative considerations of market validity and behavioural factors of implementation. Gives a case study where this research strategy is applied.

Sets forward an extension of McNair's “wheel of retailing” theory, with three instead of one, wheels. Looks at the forces of competition between the low‐end innovators, high‐end innovators and conventional stores which represent the wheels. Suggests that these forces result in mutual...

Examines the field of capital goods purchases, dealing specifically with four types of standard machine tools sold into the UK market. Identifies key factors in the supplied quotation judged by the buyer to be instrumental in discriminating between successful and unsuccessful quotations. Reveals...