Retail supply chain management : quantitative models and empirical studies / Narendra Agrawal, Stephen A. Smith, editors ; foreword by Hau L. Lee - New York : Springer, c2009 - xii, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - International series in operations research & management science ; v.122 . - International series in operations research & management science ; 122 .

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 Kurtuluğs 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

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