Retail and Marketing Channels: Economic and Marketing Perspectives on Producer-Distributor Relationships

List of tables. List of figures. Acknowledgements. List of contributors. Introduction. Part 1. The structure of vertical relationships 1. Consumers' behaviour and producer-distributor relationships in convenience goods markets Luca Pellegrini 2. Strategies to cope with retailer buying power Susan Segal-Horn and John McGee 3. Horizontal competition in retailing and the structure of manufacturer-retailer relationships John A. Dawson and Susan A. Shaw 4. Retail purchasing prices: theoretical and empirical viewpoints Roy Thurik, Vincent Dijk and Aad Kleijweg 5. Strategic interaction within a channel K. Sridhar Moorthy and Peter Fader 6. Impact of market characteristics on producer-distributor relationships Sudhir H. Kale Part 2. Managing channel relationships 7. The wholesalers' role in performing marketing functions: wholesaler versus manufacturer perceptions Bert Rosenbloom 8. Expectancy theory: a framework for analysing relationships between dependent yet autonomous channel members Elizabeth K. LaFleur, Danny R. Arnold and Garry D. Smith 9. Model of franchisor market penetration in an area of dominant influence Patrick J. Kaufmann and V. Kasturi Rangan 10. Multiple issue bargaining in marketing channels: an experimental test of Coleman's model Duangtip Tantiwong and Sunil Gupta Part 3. Marketing channel evolution 11. Toward a strategic model of marketing channel evolution Marc Filser and Edward W. McLaughlin 12. From-home shopping: where is it leading? Eleanor G. May and Stephen A. Greyser 13. Cosumer store choice and retail competition A. Stewart Fotheringham 14. The impact of the charged balance of power from manufacturer to retailer in the UK packaged groceries market Leslie de Chernatony 15. Own labels: beliefs and reality Mark D. Uncles and Katrina Ellis 16. Department store concessions: strategic decisions and consumer reactions Peter J. McGoldrick