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Evolving Research on Price Competition in the Grocery Retailing Industry: An Appraisal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

John M. Connor
John M. Connor*
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Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University
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Abstract

With the end of the Supermarket Revolution in the 1970s, new forms of horizontal, vertical, and geographic competition have appeared to challenge the supremacy of the supermarket format. New retail formats like warehouse stores, supercenters, and fast-food outlets appear to affect local retail supermarket prices. Slotting allowances, coupons, and electronic data gathering have intensified retailer-manufacturer rivalry. Foreign direct investment offers the promise of new European-style management styles in U.S. grocery retailing.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , October 1999 , pp. 119 - 127
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Copyright © 1999 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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