Multiple online channels allow a retailer to cover a wider range of situational purchase settings but also expose it to a more complex spectrum of consumer purchase behavior. Compared with the conventional desktop computer-based Web channel, the mobile-based application channel enables retailers...

Over the last decade, trade credit has been subject to increasing government regulation in many countries. While such policies are intended to improve suppliers' financial sustainability, they may negatively affect supply chain performance by limiting the positive operational roles of trade...

A food retailer incurs expiration waste (EW) at its store when a perishable product crosses its expiration date without being sold. One frequent scenario for EW occurrence is when units of a given product with multiple expiration dates are simultaneously available on store shelves. In such...