International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 33 Issue 8

Power imbalanced relationships: cases from UK fresh food supply

Martin K. Hingley

This study investigates the issue of power in business‐to‐business relationships and constitutes an appraisal of the theory relating to issues of supply chain relationships; in…

Justice in UK supermarket buyer‐supplier relationships: an empirical analysis

Andrew Fearne, Rachel Duffy, Susan Hornibrook

To explore the nature and scope of good and bad practice in the relationships that UK supermarkets have with their suppliers of own‐label products in the main commodity sectors…

A new approach for understanding hindrances to collaborative practices in the logistics channel

Dominique Bonet, Gilles Paché

The paper attempts to determine whether decision‐makers in the manufacturing and retailing industry really wish to implement cooperative logistical relationships in the long term.

How to integrate the specificities of some food departments into a retail store organization?: Lessons and limits of the Aokian theory of the firm

Didier Chabaud, Jean‐Marie Codron

To understand the impact of product specificity on organizational practices of retailers at the store level.

Meat safety as a tool of differentiation for retailers: Spanish and French examples of meat “supply chain brands”

Pierre Sans, Guy de Fontguyon, Julian Briz

Since several food crises have strongly affected the production of animal food products, food safety has become one of the most important aspects of quality products for both…

Private labels for premium products – the example of organic food

Astrid Jonas, Jutta Roosen

This paper inquires into the tendency of German food retailers to market organic products as private‐label (PL) products.