Market environment, assortment policy, and performance of small retailers
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01/11/2012
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Resumo |
This study surveys small retail pharmacies to examine the relationship between managers’ perceptions oflocal market environments, their stated assortment policies, and their reported performance levels for alarge product category. Managers report wider assortments when market diversity and market munificenceare high. In turn, wider assortments have a positive effect on reported relative category salesand stock. In addition, market uncertainty has a direct negative effect on reported margins. This studycontrols for both store space as well as the potential direct performance effects of the local market environmentfaced by small retailers. |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Elsevier |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30073097/dubelaar-marketenvironment-2012.pdf http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ausmj.2012.05.013 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1441358212000250 |
Direitos |
2012, Elsevier |
Palavras-Chave | #Market environment #Assortment Store performance #Survey Small retailers |
Tipo |
Journal Article |