“…We developed research hypotheses based on a comprehensive review of previous studies on store brands and national brands (e.g., Sinha and Batra, 1999;Erdem et al, 2004;Ngobo, 2011a), on the business cycle in relation to marketing variables (e.g., Lamey et al, 2007;Hampson and McGoldrick, 2013) and on the relationships between store format and brand purchase behaviour (e.g., Kaswengi, 2013;Kumar and Roy, 2013).…”