In today’s retail business many companies have a complex distribution network with several national and regional distribution centers. This article studies an integrated facility location and inventory allocation problem for designing a distribution network with multiple distribution centers...

Managing shelf space is critical for retailers to attract customers and optimize profits. This article develops a shelf-space allocation optimization model that explicitly incorporates essential in-store costs and considers space- and cross-elasticities. A piecewise linearization technique is...

In this paper we consider multi-echelon multi-item channels subject to supplier's credit period and retailer's promotional effort. The retailer determines the promotional effort and the joint replenishment cycle while still maximizing profits from the perspectives of the individual and channel....

This study models a finite horizon inventory problem for deteriorating and fashion goods under trade credit and partial backlogging conditions. Demand may vary with price or time. The supplier can extend credit to the retailer. As a result, the retailer does not have to pay for goods immediately...

This research highlights the importance of service from manufacturers in the interactions between two competing manufacturers and their common retailer, facing end consumers who are sensitive to both retail price and manufacturer service. A game-theoretic framework is applied to obtain the...