TY - JOUR AU1 - Hawes, Jon M. AU2 - Crittenden, William F. AB - An important aspect of any scientific investigation involves classifying the phenomena being studied. This research focused on a taxonomic analysis of the limited domain of competitive retailing strategies employed by U.S. supermarket chains for generic brand grocery products. Using cluster analysis, an empirically derived taxonomy was developed, and the characteristics of firms in each of the four strategic groups were examined. In addition, the performance of particular strategic groups was analysed. Firms in one of the strategic groups (aggressive initiators) consistently indicated higher levels of success. TI - A taxonomy of competitive retailing strategies JF - Strategic Management Journal DO - 10.1002/smj.4250050307 DA - 1984-07-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/a-taxonomy-of-competitive-retailing-strategies-DHJOt1WyJB SP - 275 EP - 287 VL - 5 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve