As retailers have become more powerful and global, they have increasingly focused on their own brands at the expense of manufacturer brands. Rather than simply selling on price, retailers have transformed private labels into brands. Consequently, manufacturers such as Johnson & Johnson, Nestle, and [...]

Business-to-business markets - what the authors call 'business markets' - account for a huge proportion of the total GNP in the United States and in other industrialized nations. However, many companies competing in business markets - typically commodity markets or those susceptible to commodization[...]