Identifying a private-label supplier on national brand
Journal of Product & Brand Management
ISSN: 1061-0421
Article publication date: 4 April 2019
Issue publication date: 22 May 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of identifying suppliers on private label (PL) packaging on the perceived quality, brand image, loyalty intention and relative price of the national brands (NB) produced by dual manufacturers, considering the possible moderating effects of the images of both the NB and PL.
Design/methodology/approach
The study uses an experimental setting with two different categories of grocery products.
Findings
The empirical evidence reveals different effects of PL supplier identification, according to brand images.
Research limitations/implications
This paper contributes to brand extension literature on the effects on evaluations of the parent brand. It also contributes insights about the identity and identification of PL manufacturers.
Practical implications
This supplier identification does not affect or positively affect to the perceived quality, brand image or loyalty toward NBs with lower images, but it negatively affects those with high images, especially when the PL also has a high image and adopts a stronger price positioning. Moreover, NBs with lower images appear more expensive or do not affect when they supply PLs for retailers with high images and stronger price positioning. However, if lower image NB supply a PL with the lower image, the effects do not affect or is perceived as cheaper.
Originality/value
This paper extends prior knowledge about the decision to function as a dual manufacturer from the manufacturer’s perspective.
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Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the support received from the University of Salamanca and the Banco Santander, which provided a pre-doctoral grant; and the partial support of the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Grant ECO2017-82107-R (Spain). A previous version of this paper has been considered for publishing as a working paper of the Working Paper Collection of Cátedra Fundación Ramón Areces de Distribución Comercial.
Citation
Pérez-Santamaría, S., Martos-Partal, M. and Garrido-Morgado, Á. (2019), "Identifying a private-label supplier on national brand", Journal of Product & Brand Management, Vol. 28 No. 3, pp. 432-443. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBM-06-2018-1908
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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