Highlights We study how a supplier chooses sales mode in the presence of store brand product (SBP). We comprehensively consider three sales modes for a supplier to sell national brand product (NBP) through an e-tailer. The factors influencing a supplier' choice of sales mode include commission rates, consumers' perceived value of NBP and SBP. The agency selling mode may not be the supplier's optimal choice in the presence of SBP.

    Abstract Platform supply chains are emerging as a new form of global supply chain that encompass reselling, agency selling, and hybrid selling modes. This paper examines the impact of store brand products on the firms’ sales strategies. We consider the selection between three sales modes available to suppliers, both with and without the store brand products: reselling, agency selling, and hybrid selling. Comparing the firms’ optimal strategies shows that the hybrid mode consistently yields greater profits when compared to the agency selling mode. Notably, our findings reveal that firms’ optimal choice of sales mode varies depending on the commission rate. The optimal sales mode differs when the commission rate is lower or higher. In the presence of the store brand products, firms choose the reselling mode only when the commission rate is high and consumers’ perceived value of national brand products is low. Otherwise, equilibrium outcomes are not achieved.


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    Title :

    Agency, reselling, or hybrid mode? Competing with store brand


    Contributors:
    Ke, Wan (author) / Zhou, Xiaoyang (author) / Lev, Benjamin (author) / Zhang, Kai (author)


    Publication date :

    2024-03-05




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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