This research examines the economic viability of night shelf stocking in the retail industry. By
analyzing real data on the costs and benefits of both night and day stocking, we propose a …

In retailing, sales may determinatively depend on both selling price and how much stock is
displayed before customers. However, when high logistics costs are incurred at the point of …

Product proliferation and changes in demand require that retailers regularly determine how
items should be allocated to retail shelves. The existing shelf‐space literature mainly deals …

This paper explores the impact of retail store backrooms on inventory record inaccuracies
(IRI) and waste. A trend in the retail industry is operating in the absence of a backroom …

This paper investigates an (S, s) continuous-review perishable inventory model with a stock-
dependent Poisson demand process, full backordering (with an extension for lost sales) and …

With the improvement of people's living standards, there are higher requirements for product
quality and personalization. At the same time, the development of science and technology …

Universal health coverage (UHC) is an integral part of the United Nations sustainable
development goals. The private sector plays a prominent role in achieving UHC, being the …

Category captainship is a retail category management practice where the retailer delegates
certain category decisions to a vendor, known as the category captain, to leverage the …

This paper studies single-period ordering and markdown pricing policies for short lifecycle
products (SLP) by considering differing customer price and time sensitivities. The SLP is …

Retail stores often display large quantities of perishable products that they sell at full price
over a given period and then at a discount until the end of the inventory cycle. We …