As marcas próprias como estratégia competitiva do varejo supermercadista : um estudo sobre a experiência brasileira recente

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2011

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Following the media evolution, industry brands gained strength and popularity, winning the confidence of its consumers. Manufacturer brands were consolidated during the twentieth century, symbolizing quality, reliability and status to its consumers. While the industry strengthened the image of their brands with consumers, the retail negotiation power crumbled. However, during the 1970s retailers began a transformation process. Their consolidation and internationalization have contributed to the increase in their bargaining power with large industries. Because of the large volumes traded the large retailers became the main distribution vehicle for products manufactured by the industry, starting a rivalry relationship between industry and retail. Several strategies were put in place by food retailing in order to gain a competitive edge against its competitors. The development of their own brands is noteworthy in light of its scope and spread throughout the world. In this scenario, the paper proposes a study on the development of private label brands, also called own brands, from the perspective of the various actors involved: retail, industry and consumers. Therefore, its main objective is to present updated information on the private label brands sector in Brazil and worldwide; to identify factors that may motivate or constrain their development, analyze potential effects and impacts of the own brands strategy on the actors and identify the competitive forces involved in the own brands industry. Europe is the region where private label brands have greater development and maintain their participation consolidated in the retail. One of the factors that contribute to the large share of private label brands in the revenues of supermarket chains based in Europe is the high market concentration. As the scales suggested by Bain, 1968 and the U.S. government, in the Horizontal Mergers Guidelines, 1992, the Brazilian supermarket sector concentration calculated for the year 2010 is moderate. According to the latest study on own brands published by Nielsen, the share of private label brands accounted for 4.8% of the chains revenues in 2010. Using data published in previous works we have identified the effects and impacts of the development of own brands, distinguished as vertical and horizontal. The vertical impacts involve suppliers, industry and consumers. The horizontal impacts involve the retailer that develops its own brands and competing chains. According to the literature, we found that the motivating factors for the development of private label brands are so representative for retail companies as they are for the manufacturers. However, due to the power that the major chains have on the industry, the negative effects of the strategy of own brands can represent a much higher risk for private label brands manufacturers than for retailers.

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supermercado strategy private label brands marca brasil effects and impacts competitive forces estrategia empresarial competition retail supermarket estratégia competitiva

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