In this paper, we study the fulfillment strategies of an omni-channel retailer that would like to leverage its established offline retail channel infrastructure to help its online sales. We consider a single newsvendor-type product that is sold in both online and offline channels to...

Flash sales have gained popularity among online retail platforms, including Amazon lightning deals and eBay daily deals. The extant literature has provided evidence that disclosure of inventory levels of a flash sale can affect customers' purchase behavior and thus, the total sales of the...

Auto-delivery is a subscription model widely employed in supply chains, whereby a supplier delivers products to a buyer (or multiple buyers) according to the buyer's choice of a constant shipping quantity to be delivered at prescheduled dates. The buyer enjoys a discount for the auto-delivery...