Imperfect Competition in German Food Retailing: Evidence from State Level Data (Industry Overview) (Report) (Statistical Data‪)‬

Introduction The European food retailing market is characterized by high and rising concentration and increased vertical dependency (Dobson et al. 2003). Politicians and economists have raised concerns about European food retailers' dominant position in vertical food marketing, a situation that has created considerable changes to the structures of many food markets. In Germany in 2002, the top ten food retailers accounted for a market share of over 86%, and commanded significant market shares in many national food markets.