In the digital age, retail store operations face a variety of novel challenges and complexities.
We review 255 papers on retail store operations from 32 operations research, management …

This paper investigates the impact of establishing a dual-channel supply chain coordinating
contract when the supply chain agents are risk aversion under a mean–variance model. We …

In this paper, we explore the use of a wholesale pricing and profit sharing scheme (WPPS)
for coordinating supply chains under the mean–variance (MV) decision framework. We first …

Integrated logistics and financial services have been practiced by third party logistics (3PL)
firms for years; however, the literature has been silent on the value of 3PL firms as credit …

In traditional study of supply chain management, people mainly consider the decisions from
perspective of the operations management, such as, capacity, inventory, ordering level …

This paper evaluates the simultaneous determination of price and inventory replenishment
when a firm faces demand from distinct market segments. A firm utilizes fences, such as …

Markdown selling (ie, price reductions over the course of the selling season) is a strategy to
implement price discrimination and to manage market uncertainty that has been widely …

The faster growth of technology stipulates the rapid development of new products; with the
spread of new technologies old ones are outdated and their market demand declines …

Product return rates are much higher for online retailers than brick-and-mortar retailers. In
this paper, we develop a model for optimizing the retailer's price, quantity, and terms of the …

Demand and procurement planning for consumer electronics products must cope with short
life cycles, limited replenishment opportunities and a willingness to pay that is influenced by …