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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"online retailing"”.
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Order fulfillment in online retailing : what goes where
… three problems motivated by order fulfillment in online retailing. First, we focus on one warehouse or fulfillment center. To optimize the storage space and labor, an e-tailer splits the warehouse into two regions with different storage densities. One is for picking customer orders and the other …
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Structural changes in online retailing and the marketing mix
The online retail environment is expanding, enhancing the possibilities for customers to shop online. On the one hand, a proliferation of online channels establishes a multichannel online retailing landscape, which offers customers more alternatives in terms of where to shop online. On the other …
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Inventory planning for low demand items in online retailing
A large online retailer strategically stocks inventory for SKUs with low demand. The motivations are to provide a wide range of selections and faster customer fulfillment service. We assume the online retailer has the technological capability to manage and control the inventory globally: all …
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Exploring online retailing strategies : case studies of leading firms in the U.S. and China
Online retailing has been a significant part of people's daily life. Research shows that 85% of internet users have purchased online. In China, with the increased penetration rate of internet and adoption of online payment, the online retailing is accounting for a larger percentage of overall …
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Data-Driven Decision Making for Online Retail Operations in Sourcing, Distribution and Assortment Personalization
In the current world, online retailing accounts for the major share of retailing due to the unique benefits it provides to customers. However, its success is highly dependent on how it manages its operations. Compared to traditional retailing, online retailing requires new decision-making models to …
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A framework for personalized dynamic cross-selling in e-commerce retailing
… framework for dynamic cross-selling for online retailing. </p> <p>In the first part of the research, we propose an effective yet intuitive approach to integrate temporal information regarding a product's lifecycle (i.e., the non-stationary nature of the sales history) in the form of a …
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Online Social Presence (OSP) In E-Tailing: Construct Development And Testing
<p>This research proposes and validates the Online Social Presence (OSP) scale and framework as an effective means of addressing the struggle e-tailers have encountered in attempting to create persuasive and effective online retailing experiences, which persuade customers to purchase their products …
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Retail of the future : O2O or O&O?
… new trends continue to disrupt it. Rise of the online channel has pushed the entire retail industry to innovate and think of novel ways to attract and retain customers. With increasing competition, retailers need to differentiate themselves and be relevant to customers. 'Customer is King' is …
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Essays in Consumer Choice Driven Assortment Planning
… addition, the development and consolidation of online retailing have introduced new levels of operational flexibility, and cheap access to detailed transactional information. These new operational features present the retailer with both benefits and challenges. The ability to revisit the …
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Lowering outbound shipping costs in an online retail environment by making better fulfillment and replenishment decisions
As online retailing - or e-tailing - continues to grow as more and more customers buy physical goods on the internet, finding ways to reduce the cost and environmental impact of outbound shipping in this sector will become increasingly important. We investigate the impact of making poor fulfillment …
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Motivational drivers for mobile shopping adoption: an empirical study of the Chinese Generation Y consumers
… role and made a significant impact on the online retailing market, the researcher believes it is essential to conduct Chinese Generation-Y-focused research to develop a deeper understanding of this special group’s consumption behaviour so that the online and offline marketers and retailers …
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An assessment of the sustainability of E-fulfilment models for the delivery of fast moving consumer goods to the home
Online retail sales are growing rapidly and have captured a significant proportion of the retail market in many countries. Although companies are under mounting pressure to reduce their environmental impact, the environmental effect of the different online distribution strategies remains unclear. …
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Search engine advertising in web retailing : an efficiency analysis
… employed by firms. The research setting is the online retailing industry, which is characterized by extensive use of Web technologies and high competition for market share and profitability. For Internet retailers, search engines are increasingly serving as an information gateway for many …
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Choice modeling and recommendation optimization in presence of context effects
Random Utility choice models are supervised learning tools that can be used to estimate the choice behavior of customers facing multiple options. This is accomplished through assigning a utility value to each option and deriving a choice probability for each option. In the presence of context …
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Velocity-based storage and stowage decisions in a semi-automated fulfillment system
The supply chain management for an online retailing business is centered around the operations of its fulfillment centers. A fulfillment center receives and holds inventory from vendors, and then uses this inventory to fill customer orders. Our research focuses on a new operating architecture of an …