The evolution of the wholesaling sector in the past few years has made possible that some traditional corporate functions of the supply chain were significantly influenced by its marketing strategies. The literature shows a deep relation between own brand strategies and the activities of supply management. It happens because the development of own brands makes the wholesaler a very careful buyer that aims at selecting and evaluating the suppliers in order to obtain the best performance of the own brand products. In this way, the main objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of the supply management in the own brand strategy in wholesalers, analysing the procedures and criteria used by wholesalers to select and evaluate own brand suppliers. From a multicase study with three wholesalers and two suppliers, all Brazilian companies, it is possible to demonstrate the main characteristics of the own brand suppliers' selection and evaluation process.
Supply management; Own brand; Wholesale
