 A new communication and retail distribution formula in food sectorLéo-Paul Dana, Elisa Giacosa, Francesca Culasso and Margherita Stupino Global Business and Economics Review, 2017, vol. 19, issue 2, 137-156 Abstract: Food and wine are typical products of exportation, as the Italian ones are recognised for its high quality, tradition or competitiveness in terms of quality/price. Therefore, the food sector represents a critical context for company opportunities. The research fits into this area of study. The purpose is to identify which communication and retail distribution strategy a medium-sized company in food sector could adopt in order to increase competitive advantage. Considering that the food sector is a mature one, we analysed how a functional strategy - the communication and distribution one - within a main business strategy may introduce new ideas and makes use of new means to convince consumers on the value of what they eat and on the correlation between the diet and health, improving customer loyalty. The treatise was carried out using the case study method. It emerged that a communication and retail distribution strategy of a medium-sized company operating in a mature sector such as the food may renew the classic and most traditional features of its formula, being successful. Keywords: food industry; communication strategy; retail distribution strategy; medium-sized firms; Italy; business strategy; customer loyalty. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:gbusec:v:19:y:2017:i:2:p:137-156 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Global Business and Economics Review from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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