A small number of firms have a large market share in the Austrian food retailing market. Market concentration has been growing over the last years which has raised concerns about market power. Previous studies on price setting behaviour in the food retailing market were at the national level and...

Die durch die Corona-Pandemie entstandene Krisensituation beschleunigte die Digitalisierungsprozesse im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel. Wie wirkte sie sich auf Dorfläden und ländliche Verbraucher aus, die traditionell nicht als Digitalisierungspioniere gelten? Eine Antwort auf diese Frage wird im...

Purpose: We provide primary data on salt iodisation of processed foods in Germany, analyse reasons for food processors' use or non-use of iodisation and derive implications for public health. Design/methodology/approach: Statistical evidence is presented on the use of iodised salt in bread and...

Die gängigen Ladenformate sind in Orten mit weniger als 2.500 Einwohnerinnen und Einwohnern kaum noch wirtschaftlichzubetreiben. Der resultierende Rückzug aus der Fläche bietetim Sinne der Spiraltheorie neue kommerzielle Möglichkeiten für innovative Angebotsformen, wie personalfreie...

Purpose: Marketing literature has previously and repeatedly outlined the positive sales effects of displays in food retailing. Therefore, its increasing usage and space allocation is not surprising. Although the promised sales increases of more than 400% should result in even higher usage rates....

Seit Jahrzehnten ist der Lebensmitteleinzelhandel von einem Strukturwandel hin zu weniger und größeren Geschäften gekennzeichnet. Gerade in kleineren Orten ländlicher Räume bestehen daher Probleme, die Versorgung mit Gütern des täglichen Bedarfs in fußläufiger Entfernung, das heißt die...

Regional integration is making steady progress in Africa and a key objective is to improve the prospects for industrialization by expanding the regional market. This paper draws on a combination of trade data analysis and industry case studies to better understand the links and synergies between...

We investigate the drivers and persistence of profits in EU food retailing by focusing on differences between “top competitors” and fringe food retailers using a sample of 12,786 firms from France, Spain, and Sweden between 2006 and 2014. We detect a high degree of profit persistence in food...

Even in the age of digitization, traditional price promotions are a key element of the stationary retail marketing mix, which is particularly true for FMCG products. Since the 1970s, many scientific studies have dealt with the short- and long-term effectiveness of this vital technique to...

The importance of supermarkets in the world food economy has increased radically since the early 1990s. They are now major sellers and buyers of food items not only in developed but also in developing countries. Urbanization and the liberalization of the services sector have been important...