Competition and mergers in the retail market for toys
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1757030
Abstract: ABSTRACT I study competition between big box retailers, K-Mart and Wal-Mart, and toy retailers, KB Toys and Toys R Us with the aim of estimating Wal-Mart’s effect on the profits of toy retailers. Using recent… read more here.
Keywords: wal mart; market; competition mergers; toys toys ... See more keywords
The long reach of lean retailing: Firm embeddedness and Wal-Mart’s implementation of local produce sourcing in the US
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DOI: 10.1177/0308518x16663207
Abstract: With its corresponding concepts of societal, territorial, and network embeddedness, firm embeddedness offers a theoretical framework for analyzing how retailers develop strategies and business models determined by their home country context, but also adapted to… read more here.
Keywords: lean retailing; firm embeddedness; local produce; wal mart ... See more keywords