Bergès, Fabian, Hassan, Daniel and Monier-Dilhan, Sylvette (2013) Are Consumers more Loyal to National Brands than to Private Labels? Bulletin of Economic Research, 65. pp. 1-16.

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Abstract

The evolution of private labels (PLs) can be understood in terms of a strategy adopted by the retail industry with the aim of competing with national brands (NBs). In the 1990s, this strategy led to the development of “me too” products, which currently represent the largest share of store brand products. Since the early 2000s, retailers have widened the range of their store brands by introducing high-quality products.
The aim of this study is to estimate consumers’ attachment to “me-too” and niche PLs respectively, as compared to NBs. We capture the degree of maturity of these PLs through their price-elasticities, computed for three staple goods offered by three mass retail companies.
Our first finding is that price sensitivity does not differ much between the “me-too” PLs and the corresponding NBs. This result confirms that “me-too” products are now considered reliable quality brands. However, in the high quality segment, consumers remain more sensitive to the price of PLs than that of NBs, a characteristic which may relate to their recent introduction on the market.

Item Type: Article
Date: May 2013
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: competition, compétition, demand elasticity, demand elasticity, national brands, national brands, private labels, marques de distributeurs
JEL Classification: D12 - Consumer Economics - Empirical Analysis
L81 - Retail and Wholesale Trade; Warehousing; e-Commerce
Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 09 Jul 2014 17:27
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2021 15:47
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:26032
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/15339

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