This chapter surveys the developments in price discrimination theory as it applies to
imperfectly competitive markets. Broad themes and conclusions are discussed in the areas …

Many retailers have recently started to offer customers the option to buy online and pick up
in store (BOPS). We study the impact of the BOPS initiative on store operations. We build a …

This paper studies how retailers can effectively deliver online and offline information to
omnichannel consumers who strategically choose whether to gather information online or …

This article analyzes the effect of competition on a supermarket firm's incentive to provide
product quality. In the supermarket industry, product availability is an important measure of …

We study a manufacturer's problem of managing his direct online sales channel together
with an independently owned bricks-and-mortar retail channel, when the channels compete …

This paper develops a stochastic general equilibrium inventory model for an oligopoly, in
which all inventory constraint parameters are endogenously determined. We propose …

There is now an extensive theoretical literature investigating optimal inventory policies for
retailers. Yet several recent reviews have recognized that these models are rarely applied in …

This paper studies the role of product availability in attracting consumer demand. We start
with a newsvendor model, but additionally assume that stockouts are costly to consumers …

Many retailers provide customers with product return flexibility by allowing them to buy
online and return to store (BORS). We consider a retailer who sells a product through both …

This paper considers a firm's price and inventory policy when it faces uncertain demand that
depends on both price and inventory level. The authors extend the classic newsvendor …