This paper reports the findings of research on the strategic responses of established retailers to the challenges and opportunities offered by the Internet and the development of electronic commerce. The paper identifies a range of factors that influence the adoption of Internet retailing and presents a simple framework for categorising Internet strategies based on six case studies of New Zeala...

This paper reports the findings of research on the strategic responses of established retailers to the challenges and opportunities offered by the Internet and the development of electronic commerce. The paper identifies a range of factors that influence the adoption of Internet retailing and presents a simple framework for categorising Internet strategies based on five case studies of New Zeal...

Retail outsourcing with a return policy is quite commonly adopted in the fashion supply chain. Under the return policy, the supplier as a brand owner may focus on production, and then outsource retailing to the retailer. In the meanwhile, the retailer may receive some support money from the supplier for subsidizing the loss of unsold products at the end of the selling season and be asked for sh...

This paper uses a business model framework to analyze the main limitations of Apple Inc. post-2003, a significant turning point in the company’s history. As such, we move beyond an exclusive focus on what makes Apple unique or different by evaluating the mundane and out-dated elements of its business model. To do so, we examine the end-to-end supply chain, from source to store, to present a mor...

Introduction The adoption of RFID technology [1] for products identification is experiencing an increasing diffusion in the logistics pipeline, where RFID systems are expected to have a major impact on the efficiency of the whole supply chain. Commonly quoted benefits of RFID encompass increased processes automation, accuracy, and labour efficiency [2]-[3]. There are several reasons for this di...

Introduction: India started its Retail Journey since ancient time. In ancient India there was a concept of weekly HAAT, where all the buyers & sellers gather in a big market for bartering. It takes a pretty long times to & step to shape the modern retail. In between these two concepts (i.e. between ancient retail concept & the modern one there exist modern kirana/ mom and pop shops or Baniya ki...

The Internet functions as an increasingly important channel for retailing commerce and business transactions. Although nearly five billion web sites exist on the World Wide Web, an integrated mediator, called a business agent, is sought to negotiate between suppliers and buyers. Such an intelligent business broker is thus necessary to support efficient and effective sharing of information. This...

Abstract New trends in food consumption are shaping consumers’ preferences and buying behavior. Non-traditional retailing short supply chains (SSCs) offering bundles of attributes that fit the needs larger segments. Several studies have analyzed factors affecting choice traditional non-traditional retailing. Very few, however, those analyze predictive role human values attitudes on chains. Usua...