Retail supply chain management : quantitative models and empirical studies / Narendra Agrawal, Stephen A. Smith, editors ; foreword by Hau L. Lee

Includes bibliographical references and index

Supply chain planning processes for two major retailers / Narendra Agrawal and Stephen A. Smith -- The effects of firm size and sales growth rate on inventory turnover performance in the U.S. retail sector / Vishal Gaur and Saravanan Kesavan -- The role of execution in managing product availability / Nicole DeHoratius and Zeynep Ton -- Category captainship practices in the retail industry / Mümin Kurtuluðs and L. Beril Toktay -- Assortment planning : review of literature and industry practice / A. Gürhan Kök, Marshall L. Fisher and Ramnath Vaidyanathan -- Managing variety on the retail shelf : using household scanner panel data to rationalize assortments / Ravi Anupindi, Sachin Gupta and M.A. Venkataramanan -- Optimizing retail assortments for diverse customer preferences / Stephen A. Smith -- Multi-location inventory models for retail supply chain management / Narendra Agrawal and Stephen A. Smith -- Manufacturer-to-retail versus manufacturer-to-consumer rebates in a supply chain / Goker Aydin and Evan L. Porteus -- Clearance pricing in retail chains / Stephen A. Smith -- Markdown competition / Seungjin Whang