R etailers have invested, and continue to invest, suhstantial amounts of money in information technology (fT). By some estimates,' U.S. retailers now spend close to $30 billion a year on fT, mostly to track merchandise and operations, automate transactions, and optimize inventory levels and other supply chain decisions. However, operational execution—a vital complement to planning and automatio...

The density, size, and location of stores in a retailer's network influences both the retailer's and the consumers' costs. With stores few and far between, consumers must travel a long distance to shop, whereas shopping trips are shorter with a dense network of stores. The layout of the retail supply chain is of interest to retailers who have emission reduction targets and urban planners concer...

Collecting webpage messages can serve as a sensor for investigating the energy-saving potential of buildings. Focusing on stores, a cloud sensor system is developed to collect data and determine their energy-saving potential. The owner of a store under investigation must register online, report the store address, area, and the customer ID number on the electric meter. The cloud sensor system au...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a technique used to compare efficiency in various sectors such as hospitals, chain stores, and dealerships. It represents a set of linear programming techniques and uses deter-ministic data (inputs and outputs), in stable conditions. The DEA technique cannot be used when there is data with indeterministic nature, or when there is an environment with dynamic co...

In recent years, by population expansion and consequently expansion in service industries, competition has grown in retailing industry more than ever. Retailers can overcome competition in retailing industry by creating attractive, enjoyable, and even more exciting store environment. The purpose of this study is to help marketers, managers and retailers to create an enjoyable and memorable expe...

Ground beef has been implicated as a transmission vehicle in foodborne outbreaks of infection with pathogens such as Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella. During outbreak investigations, traceback of contaminated beef to the producing facility is often unsuccessful because of inadequate recordkeeping at retail establishments that grind beef products. We conducted a survey in three states par...

Wal-Mart has created tremendous economic benefits for consumers by providing more choices at lower prices, especially in communities that had only local retail monopolies prior to the chain‘s arrival. Yet no retailer evokes stronger negative emotions than this chain. Recent media attention has focused on questionable labor practices and other impacts of the stores, while academic studies have e...

We examine the impact of employee turnover on operating performance in settings that require high levels of knowledge exploitation. Using 48 months of turnover data from U.S. stores of a major retail chain, we find that, on average, employee turnover is associated with decreased performance, as measured by profit margin and customer service. The effect of turnover on performance, however, is mi...

OBJECTIVES To describe the feasibility of implementing evaluation methods for a worksite tobacco control intervention for teens. Indicators of feasibility included employment stability, response rates to multiple surveys, and self reported 30 day smoking. DESIGN Grocery stores that were part of a single chain were randomised to four intervention stores and five control stores as part of the S...

Nowadays, people will be more inclined to go shopping online rather than opting for offline shopping. Walmart, the world's No.1 7 years in a row previous years, dropped ranking last year. Although part of reason is new crown virus, also it can represent decline stores and rise stores. This research analyze current general environment market by studying success factors challenges Walmart. Throug...