It is published by Elsevier and the editors-in-chief are Adam Lindgreen (Copenhagen Business School) and Anthony Di Benedetto (Temple University).

The journal was established in 1971 with R. Derek Medford founding editor-in-chief.

The journal was associated with research from the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group, a European research initiative in the field of industrial marketing.

[1] From 1994 to 2016 Peter LaPlaca served as editor-in-chief.

[3] According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2022 impact factor is 10.3.