Combined Sales Effort and Inventory Control under Demand Uncertainty by Weili Xue, Xiaolin Xu, Ruxian Wang

“…We study the joint inventory and sales effort management problems of a retailer in a broad context and investigate the optimal policies for a single item, periodic-review system. …”
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Compliance Level and Stability of Micronutrients in Fortified Maize Flour in Tanzania by Abdulsudi Issa-Zacharia, Gudila Boniface Mareni

“…Only 31.6% of the assessed samples from production and 12.9% from retail outlets complied with the recommended national standard. …”
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Employee retention through effective human resource management practices in Maldives: Mediation effects of compensation and rewards system by Zubair Hassan

“…METHODOLOGY: A sample of 250 respondents among the employees working in the retail sector in Capital City of Maldives was selected using the random probability sampling technique. …”
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Simulation Modeling for Analysis of a (Q, r) Inventory System under Supply Disruption and Customer Differentiation with Partial Backordering by Parham Azimi, Mohammad Reza Ghanbari, Hasan Mohammadi

“…The supplier provides the retailer with all requirements, and the retailer sells products to the customers. …”
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Pricing Decisions and Online Channel Selection Strategies in Dual-Channel Supply Chains considering Block Chain by Qiang Li, Huanling Li

“…In the two different dual-channel sales models, the results showed that (1) without block chain technology, retail prices increase when the manufacturer’s unit retail cost increases; (2) with block chain technology, retail prices are higher than those of sales models that do not adopt block chain technology; and (3) with block chain technology, the manufacturer should choose the online direct + delegation sales model to sell its products.…”
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Les boutiques dans les colonies de Lyon et de Vienne entre le i er s. av. et le iii e s. apr. J.-C. by Marine Lépée

“…The shop (taberna), as a space dedicated to commercial transactions for sale, production and/or service activities, was a recurrent feature in the cities of Roman Gaul. It represented retail trade and local exchanges in urban areas. More than domestic space or public buildings, retail outlets tended to assert themselves as major interfaces in the urban fabric and therefore as places where the idea of a boundary became a reality and tended to be passed. …”
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"The Needs of Consumers Oblige": Daily Problems and Criticism of the System in Public Letters in the 1960s and 1980s by Reet Ruusmann

“…The sources used are those letters from among the archival materials of the Tartu Retail Trade Association and the Tallinn Markets Administration that have survived from the 1960s and 1980s. …”
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Annual Cover Crops in Florida Vegetable Systems Part 3. Buying and Sourcing by Danielle Treadwell, Waldemar Klassen, Michael Alligood, Stephanie Shewey

“…It presents points to consider when purchasing cover crop seeds and provides contact information for cover crop seed retailers and wholesalers. Includes references and contact information for US retailers of cover crop seed and rhizobium inoculant. …”
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Annual Cover Crops in Florida Vegetable Systems Part 3. Buying and Sourcing by Danielle Treadwell, Waldemar Klassen, Michael Alligood, Stephanie Shewey

“…It presents points to consider when purchasing cover crop seeds and provides contact information for cover crop seed retailers and wholesalers. Includes references and contact information for US retailers of cover crop seed and rhizobium inoculant. …”
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The Effect of Effective Factors on Consumer Behavior in Iran\'s Best Shopping Centers Based on the Principles of Urban Management by mahmood samadi, mahmoud nooraei, Mohammad mehdi Mozaffari, babak haji karimi

“…The importance of retail in the marketing process has become weaker with the development of shopping centers today, The growth of shopping malls in the metropolitan areas of Iran has been increasing over the past few years and there is no longer competition for retailers. …”
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The Incentive Model in Supply Chain with Trade Credit and Default Risk by Hong Cheng, Yingsheng Su, Jinjiang Yan, Xianyu Wang, Mingyang Li

“…Market demand is stochastic and is influenced by retailer’s sales effort which is his private information. …”
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L’offre alimentaire urbaine face au défi de la diffusion des supermarchés. Regards croisés sur Rio de Janeiro et Brasilia by Emília de Medeiros Silva Jomalinis, Juscelino Eudâmidas Bezerra, Ève Anne Bühler

“…In a context of rising food insecurity and undermining of food policies in Brazil, large-scale retailers continue to grow and are capturing a larger proportion of market share. …”
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Research on the Mechanism of Cold Chain Logistics Subsidy by Nai-Ru Xu, Zheng-Qun Cai

“…The optimal pricing strategy of two agro-products suppliers and their downstream retailer can be obtained by solving this problem. The research finds that differential pricing caused by government subsidy can achieve profit Pareto improvement of suppliers, retailer, and supply chain system of cold chain agro-products, but cannot achieve the optimal profit of the whole supply chain. …”
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After visibility: Data as a factor of production in Douyin e-commerce by Shuaishuai Wang

“…Since 2020, Douyin, an app known for its interactive entertainment and vibrant youth cultures, has risen to dominance in the retail sector. Douyin stands out by making paid traffic a significant revenue stream alongside commissions. …”
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Complex Characteristics of Multichannel Household Appliance Supply Chain with the Price Competition by Junhai Ma, Wandong Lou

“…Our results provide some useful managerial inspirations for the household manufacturer and retailers. Firstly, each channel should make their retail price with a suitable price adjustment speed in the stable region, and each time pricing cannot exceed the domain of attraction. …”
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Pricing Decisions in Dual-Channel Supply Chain considering Different Fairness Preferences and Low-Carbon Advertising Level by Hong Huo, Dan Luo, Zhanghua Yan, Hao He

“…This paper analyzes the effect of low-carbon advertising level on pricing strategies of online retailers and offline stores and compares pricing strategies of online retailers and offline stores in four decisions. …”
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Robust Inventory System Optimization Based on Simulation and Multiple Criteria Decision Making by Ahmad Mortazavi, Alireza Arshadi khamseh

“…Inventory management in retailers is difficult and complex decision making process which is related to the conflict criteria, also existence of cyclic changes and trend in demand is inevitable in many industries. …”
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Myopic versus Farsighted Behaviors in a Low-Carbon Supply Chain with Reference Emission Effects by Jun Wang, Xianxue Cheng, Xinyu Wang, Hongtao Yang, Shuhua Zhang

“…This paper considers a dynamic supply chain, which is composed of a manufacturer and a retailer, in the presence of the cap-and-trade regulation and the consumers’ reference emission effects. …”
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Manufacturer’s Collaborative Business Strategy with Two Different Reverse Channels in a Closed-Loop Supply Chain by Sungwook Yoon, Sukjae Jeong

“…With two different investment perspectives, manufacturers cooperate with retailers and recyclers to collect products from customers. …”
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The Complexities in the R&D Competition Model with Spillover Effects in the Supply Chain by Jianli Xiao, Hanli Xiao

“…This paper establishes a dynamic game model of R&D competition, comprising two manufacturers and two retailers, with both manufacturers exhibiting bounded rationality. …”
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