Meanings and Implications of Corporate Social Responsibility and Branding in Grocer Retailers: A Comparative Study over Italy and the UK

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Author(s): Elena Candelo (University of Turin, Italy), Cecilia Casalegno (University of Turin, Italy)and Chiara Civera (University of Turin, Italy)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 19
Source title: Handbook of Research on Retailer-Consumer Relationship Development
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Fabio Musso (University of Urbino, Department of Economics, Society and Politics (DESP), Italy)and Elena Druica (University of Bucharest, Department of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Romania)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6074-8.ch019

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Consumer Management / Marketing

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The chapter demonstrates the extent to which companies operating in the Retailing Grocery industry use Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as driver to enhance their brand and pursue commercial value, or to purely redefine their business priorities in accordance to evolving consumers' needs and expectations by making CSR a new concrete business model and evolving towards the concept of Corporate Shared Value (CSV). The study is addressed to analyse the matter of facts in two different European geographical areas: Italy and United Kingdom, chosen because of the peculiar approaches in companies' attitude towards CSR and CSV, ultimately. Many differences and some relevant similarities in the implementation of CSV as new strategic model between the countries have emerged, with UK showing the most formalized and standardized integration between social and economic value within its Grocer Retailer companies' business activities.

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