Partnerships, alliances and Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) are concepts that have been prominent in the marketing and logistics literature in the 1990s. One element of relationship building between vendor and purchaser is the outsourcing of activities within the supply chain. Although outsourcing was one of the topics discussed in the major retail trade conferences in the US (National Retail...

With current projections regarding the growth of Internet sales, online retailing raises many questions about how to market on the Net. While convenience impels consumers to purchase items on the web, quality remains a significant factor in deciding where to shop online. The competition is increasing and personalization is considered to be the competitive advantage that will determine the winne...

Purpose – The primary aim of this paper is to critically review the literature that explicitly addresses the adoption, application and impact of Internet technologies, by retailers, for the promotion and sale of merchanidise. In particular, this study seeks to: 1) present a holistic and critical review of the early predictions, with regard to the uptake and impact of Internet retailing; 2) crit...

A fuzzy-control-based Quick Response (QR) reorder scheme for seasonal apparel is being developed. The fuzzy-control scheme uses Mamdani inference logic. A stochastic computer simulation model of the apparel-retailing process is employed to evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme vis-a-vis that of existing approaches. Background “Quick Response” (QR) for apparel retailing refers to the a...

Purpose – The primary aim of this paper is to critically review the literature that explicitly addresses the adoption, application and impact of Internet technologies, by retailers, for the promotion and sale of merchanidise. In particular, this study seeks to: 1) present a holistic and critical review of the early predictions, with regard to the uptake and impact of Internet retailing; 2) crit...

Retailing in 3D virtual environments, including social virtual worlds (SVWs), is considered an evolution of the traditional web store, offering advantages and an improved shopping experience to the customer. Although studies concerning retailing and store design in SVWs are starting to emerge, only one thus far dealt specifically with virtual store atmospherics. While this previous study proved...

Social media has not only reshaped the way people make decisions, but also changed the norms of how people interact with others. Due to the popularity of social media, social commerce is becoming a new form of e-commerce approaches. This study attempts to investigate what motivates individuals’ use of social commerce in the context of grocery retailing service based on the theoretical framework...

The Internet has facilitated the emergence of new strategies and business models in several industries. In the UK, significant changes are happening in supermarket retailing with the introduction of online shopping, especially in terms of channel development and coordination, business scope redefinition, the development of fulfilment centre model and core processes, new ways of customer value c...

The objective of this case study is to better our understanding of the strategic deliberations of managers and owners of small businesses as they pursue electronic retailing, since they face different barriers and constraints when dealing with electronic retailing issues than do their larger counterparts. Detailed phone interviews were conducted with four small businesses within the Gifts and C...

This paper analyzes the impact of firms’ adoption of online retailing on their stock price volatility. Given the nascency of the Web, firms moving online are faced with an increased uncertainty in their product markets in addition to fixed setup costs. A simple model illustrates how increased uncertainty in the product markets increases the volatility of the firm’s profits and its stock price. ...