Purpose Continuous change has long been recognized as a core characteristic of retailing, its recent acceleration unprecedented, yet innovation in retailing remains under-researched, especially within fashion retailing. Therefore, the aim this paper is to generate deeper understanding if, and what extent, retailers across different market segments are innovating terms in-store technology diffus...

Store liquidation is the time-constrained divestment of retail outlets through an in-store sale of inventory. The retail industry depends extensively on store liquidation, not only as a means for investors to recover capital from failed ventures, but also to allow managers of going concerns to divest stores in efforts to enhance performance and to change strategy. Recent examples of entire chai...

Store segmentation aims to divide a network of stores into meaningful groups, typically based on a combination of operational, site and trading environment characteristics. It is an increasingly important component within network planning activities of major retail chains due to the significant capital investment that is physically grounded in their large store networks. The paper outlines find...

Accurate recommender systems can enhance consumers’ shopping experiences. In retail and many other business environments, extra contextual factors are usually available for building even more accurate recommender systems. The influence of some factors is controversial in the industry. For instance, consumers’ recent online exposure to products can decrease the chance of in-store purchase as con...

This research investigates how information and material distortions affect the inventory management performance of a major retailer. Bullwhip effects (BWEs) are individually calculated for dozens of products carried by dozens of retail locations. Relationships between item/store-level BWEs and item/store-level performance measures including gross margins and inventory levels are tested and repo...

With the rapidly increasing prevalence of obesity in the United States, and the minimal success of education-based interventions, there is growing interest in understanding the role of the neighborhood food environment in determining dietary behavior. This study, as part of a larger study, identifies historical data on retail food stores, evaluates strengths and limitations of the data for rese...

Omnichannel retailing strategies are widely used in practice and have been extensively studied recent years, but few studies explored omnichannel operations response to supply disruption the post-pandemic era. To fill this gap, study explores whether adoption of fulfillment options (i.e., ship-from-store ship-to-store options) can mitigate risk a chain where retailer orders products from reliab...