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The pricing strategies of Hungarian food retail chains during the last recession

Berezvai, Zombor (2015) The pricing strategies of Hungarian food retail chains during the last recession. Acta Oeconomica, 65 (3). pp. 393-411. ISSN 0001-6373

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Abstract

The paper seeks to explore the pricing strategies used by Hungarian food retail chains and how these strategies are related to the market and financial performance of the chains. A two-phase empirical research was carried out in 2011/2012. The research is based on 44 in-store observations, the analysis of price promotion leaflets and interviews with retail professionals. In-store observations focused on collecting data on baseline prices. The price promotion leaflets enabled the assessment of the promotional activity of the observed retailers. The interviews were used to check the validity of the research results. By grouping the analysed 11 retail chains along baseline price levels and price promotion activities, three different types of pricing strategies were identified. A relationship was found between the three pricing strategies and the performance indicators of the included chains. An important finding is that retail chains with a medium price level and low promotional activity were the least successful, while retailers with a low price level and high promotional activity achieved the best performance.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences / társadalomtudományok > H Social Sciences (General) / társadalomtudomány általában
Depositing User: László Sallai-Tóth
Date Deposited: 05 Jul 2016 15:15
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2017 23:15
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/37355

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