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Representatives of retail chains emphasize in their statements how much importance they attach to conducting business according to the idea of CSR, especially in terms of limiting the amount of food wasted. On the other hand, when presenting product specifications to food producers, they require them to provide products that comply with specific standards. The aim of this article is to present the potential financial loss for the surveyed producers resulting from aesthetic/cosmetic losses at the stage of primary carrot production. The source material was subject literature, accounting documentation for the years 2019–2022, and information obtained during expert interviews with carrot producers. The size of the losses was presented based on the mass balance index. It was found that only 43.86% of the collected raw material is sold as a full-value product (accepted by retail chains).

PurposeTo investigate the evolutionary process of the retail logistics network formation, and to propose a relationship framework between the logistics asset buyer (the retailer) and the logistics asset supplier (the third‐party logistics firm).Design/methodology/approachThe evolutionary process is based on the way the asset specificity element of transaction costs theory can be perceived by the logistics asset buyer and the logistics asset supplier. The asset specificity element is linked to both network and buyer‐supplier relationship theories with the aim of conceptualising a buyer‐supplier relationship framework. Secondary data for the UK food retail chain are also employed.FindingsA new relationship framework is developed based on the buyers'‐suppliers' perceptions in relation to logistics asset specificity, and the conditions required for the formation of the retail logistics network are illustrated. If transaction costs are perceived as high by both the buyer and the supplier of a logistics asset, the retailer will engage into a fourth‐party logistics network formation where the use of information technology systems is of critical importance. At this stage, these systems will become the primary co‐ordination device for the reduction and absorption of complexity in the retail chain.Originality/valueThe paper offers a unique buyer‐supplier partnership framework by proposing that the formation of a fourth‐party logistics network will decrease the complexity of modern retail logistics operations. The paper will assist retail managers responsible for the development of logistics strategies and will be beneficial to researchers examining logistics and supply chain management operations.

Relevance. An analysis of the regional market for the sale of dairy products in large retail chains will make it possible to identify the main players in the market, their shares and strategies, as well as to identify the characteristics of consumer demand and supply in this category of products.The purpose is to conduct a comprehensive study of the regional market for dairy products in large retail chains in order to determine the determinants of development and the main players in the market, their shares and strategies, as well as the size of the share of each manufacturer in this market.Objectives: collect and analyze data on sales of dairy products in large retail chains in the region; identify the main players in the market, their shares and strategies; based on the results obtained, to draw conclusions and determine the determinants of development to improve the position of manufacturers and retailers in the dairy market in the city of Kursk.Methodology. In the course of the study, general scientific methods of logical and statistical analysis, as well as qualitative and quantitative analysis, were used.Results. The share of producers of the Kursk region of the total number of dairy producers represented in the retail chains of the city of Kursk is 17,13%, of which 7,69% is occupied by the production of the city of Kursk. The volume of dairy products sold in large retail chains in the city of Kursk for 2022 for five positions decreased by an average of 20,5%.Conclusions. There is a small amount of imports of goods from local producers to large retail chains of the city, which may indicate a lack of support and priority for the city to work with local producers in these networks. It may also indicate possible limitations in the production capacity of local producers, their lack of competitiveness in comparison with other producers from other regions.

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of image and consumer factors in influencing store brand (SB) choice between two retail chains (Carrefour and Extra) in a Latin American market, Brazil. SBs are increasingly offered by retailers in emerging markets. What is less clear, however, is how emerging market consumers make their choices between the SBs on offer from different retail chains.


Design/methodology/approach
– A mall-intercept survey conducted by a Brazilian market research company generated 600 usable questionnaires collected in two retail chains. Structural equation modelling was used to test a series of proposed hypotheses.


Findings
– The results revealed that SB attitude, SB price-image, store image perceptions, SB perceived value and SB purchase intention have significant and positive direct or indirect effects on SB choice overall, and for each retail chain. However, for price-related constructs, the relationships are stronger for the Extra chain compared to the Carrefour chain. Results show that the Brazilian market presents some departures from both developed and other emerging countries.


Research limitations/implications
– Respondents were consumers in only one Latin American market (Brazil) and shoppers of only two retail chains. Caution should therefore be exercised when generalising the results to other markets in Latin America.


Practical implications
– Understanding which factors influence consumer choice of SBs in an emerging market while taking into account the presence of different operators allows retailers to launch new SB programs and implement the appropriate strategies to increase SB sales in this market.


Originality/value
– The main contribution of this research lies in clarifying consumer behaviour towards SBs in an emerging Latin American market. It fills a major gap in the marketing literature and research in stressing the need to rethink the application of conventional business models to Latin America.

About the authors -- Preface -- The retail industry & supply chain management -- Defining the retail supply chain -- Success in a retail business -- Types of retail supply chain businesses -- A changing world: moving toward comparative advantage -- Corporate social responsibility, sustainability & the retail industry -- Forces shaping the retail supply chain environment -- Drivers of retail supply chain change -- Paths to the customer -- Supply chain risk -- Retail supply chain metrics -- Meeting the needs of supply chain decision-makers -- Retail strategy & supply chains -- Product types -- value to the customer -- Businesses inside the business -- Activity systems & process definition -- Retail scm ¿ skills required -- Retail supply chain process improvement -- Organizing to improve retail supply chain performance -- Collaboration with supply chain partners -- The demand-driven supply chain -- Product tracking along retail supply chains -- Achieving financial success in the retail supply chain -- Understanding supply chain costs -- Barriers to addressing root causes for cost -- Multicompany collaboration to reduce costs ¿ who, what, & how -- Retail return loops -- Case application: seabear/made in washington -- A. glossary -- B. bibliography -- Index