We present a framework to analyze the process location and product distribution problem with uncertain yields for a large multinational food processing company. This problem consists in selecting the location of processes, the assignment of products and the distribution of production quantities...

This article studies the static pricing problem of a network service provider who has a fixed capacity and faces different types of customers (classes). We consider a single-bandwidth tree network, meaning that each class can have its own capacity constraint but it is assumed that all classes...

Fast-fashion retailers such as Zara offer continuously changing assortments and use minimal in-season promotions. Their clearance pricing problem is thus challenging because it involves comparatively more different articles of unsold inventory with less historical price data points. Until 2007,...

Working in collaboration with Spain-based retailer Zara, we address the problem of distributing, over time, a limited amount of inventory across all the stores in a fast-fashion retail network. Challenges specific to that environment include very short product life cycles, and store policies...

Frequent changes in the product assortment can increase sales, especially under the presence of variety-seeking customers. This has been observed in several settings, and in particular, it has been a driver of the recent success experienced by fast fashion retailers, such as Zara and H&M. Since...