Together with the benefit due to the worldwide increase in consumer interest in traditional European food style, a growing phenomenon of agropiracy has taken place. Firms’ marketing strategies tend to concentrate on product purity while we believe there exists a well-defined path worth: 1. introduction of a traditional (original) product on international markets; 2. local firms’ imitation of the successful good; 3. local firms redesigning original products according to local consumption models and preferences. A representative sample of American consumers were interviewed in 12 US cities. Econometric analysis results suggest that a strategy aimed at emphasizing the authenticity of the origin of any product may not lead to any improvement in its market share, but it might very likely affect that market as a whole. Products should be offered as part of a sort of traditional product package to promote food habits rather than just commodities.

Beyond Agropiracy: the case of Italian pasta in the United States retail market / Cembalo, Luigi; Cicia, Giovanni; DEL GIUDICE, Teresa; Scarpa, R.; Tagliafierro, C.. - In: AGRIBUSINESS. - ISSN 0742-4477. - STAMPA. - 24:3(2008), pp. 403-413. [10.1002/agr]

Beyond Agropiracy: the case of Italian pasta in the United States retail market

CEMBALO, LUIGI;CICIA, GIOVANNI;DEL GIUDICE, TERESA;
2008

Abstract

Together with the benefit due to the worldwide increase in consumer interest in traditional European food style, a growing phenomenon of agropiracy has taken place. Firms’ marketing strategies tend to concentrate on product purity while we believe there exists a well-defined path worth: 1. introduction of a traditional (original) product on international markets; 2. local firms’ imitation of the successful good; 3. local firms redesigning original products according to local consumption models and preferences. A representative sample of American consumers were interviewed in 12 US cities. Econometric analysis results suggest that a strategy aimed at emphasizing the authenticity of the origin of any product may not lead to any improvement in its market share, but it might very likely affect that market as a whole. Products should be offered as part of a sort of traditional product package to promote food habits rather than just commodities.
2008
Beyond Agropiracy: the case of Italian pasta in the United States retail market / Cembalo, Luigi; Cicia, Giovanni; DEL GIUDICE, Teresa; Scarpa, R.; Tagliafierro, C.. - In: AGRIBUSINESS. - ISSN 0742-4477. - STAMPA. - 24:3(2008), pp. 403-413. [10.1002/agr]
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