Shelf-space optimization models support retailers in making optimal shelf-space decisions. They determine the number of facings for each item included in an assortment. One common characteristic of these models is that they do not account for in-store replenishment processes. However, the two...

Shelf space is the retailer's scarcest resource. Space management tools are thus badly needed. For that purpose, commercial computer packages and optimal allocation models have been developed. Building on the work of Corstjens and Doyle, we elaborate a general, theoretical shelf space allocation...

Acknowledges that the effect of displayed inventory on retail sales is widely recognized in the logistics, marketing and operations management literature and has been empirically verified. However, neither the marketing literature (shelf‐space allocation models) nor the operations management...