stablishing innovative fulfillment options for online orders has become a key challenge for bricks-and-mortar retailers. A mere focus on store sales is no longer affordable due to the competition by pure online players. Retailers are continuously developing new approaches for online order...

Matching consumer demand with supply is the core task of retailers and a key lever for increasing efficiency. Consumers demand high product availability and low prices, whereas retailers increase product variety and expand their field of logistical activities. These developments increase the...

Research on food waste has attracted particular interest in recent years. This development is relevant not only to reach the aim of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations to halve food waste by 2030 but also to tackle associated problems such as the wastage of other...