A retailer's selling space is one of its more important assets. While there are a number of approaches that can be adopted to define the space that is allocated to both products and customers inside the store, it is argued that few approach the problem of space allocation from the point of view...

Traditionally, research into supply chain management has focused on increasing the availability of products and reducing the cost of doing so by concentrating on coordination between supply chain members. Significant improvements have been made in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of...