Barter exchange platform gains popularity as an effective trade exchange strategy to
minimize the vast use of paper money. In retail management, the application of the barter …

The tradition of marketing only aesthetically agreeable produce by retailers contributes to a
major source of food loss through “ugly veg”, ie, the produce that does not look “regular”. In …

We study manufacturer encroachment in a two-echelon supply chain consisting of a
manufacturer (her) and a retailer (him), in which she distributes a classic product through the …

The evolving sales landscape, driven by rapid advancements in information technology and
the widespread adoption of the internet, has significantly altered the dynamics of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the pricing decisions and earning potential
of the software supplier and the smart device manufacturer in different software promotion …

With the prevalence of subscription service model (ie Software-as-a-service, SaaS), firms
are able to continuously improve their service quality online. Besides, subscribers need to …

The dominant online platforms (eg, Amazon and JD) in practice have adopted a strategy of
introducing their own store brands as a means to engage in competition with national …

We consider a new-retail supply chain in which an online retailer sells a high-quality product
through a local (offline) store. Besides participating in this online-to-offline business, the …

Largely inspired by the practice that both the brand name supplier and the platform motivate
to encroach on the online retailing market, this paper investigates the optimal encroaching …

Platform retailers' private labels have recently flourished, threatening the business of
traditional national brand (NB) sellers. To fight against these platforms, some NB sellers …