In this paper, we examine the levels of care which would be chosen by a monopolistic manufacturer and competitive retailer, when both the manufacturer and retailer can affect the probability of an accident and when the manufacturer cannot observe ex ante the care chosen by the retailer. We show that if retailer bankruptcy is not possible, retailer liability is superior to manufacturer liability...

W are the drivers of retailer pricing tactics over time? Based on multivariate time-series analysis of two rich data sets, we quantify the relative importance of competitive retailer prices, pricing history, brand demand, wholesale prices, and retailer category-management considerations as drivers of retail prices. Interestingly, competitive retailer prices account for less than 10% of the over...

The object in this research is a consumer electronics retailer, one of the official resellers Apple products Indonesia. Currently, company has three sales channels, which through Website. Based on observation and interviews with business owner, it known that achievement Website lowest compared to other channels. Besides data from similarweb, website traffic per month only 112,000 visitors, lowe...

This study focuses on the impact of two antecedents of retailer personality (grasped by five personality traits: introversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, sophistication and disingenuousness), on trust and attitude toward the private brand, as well as on one major consequence of these three concepts, loyalty to the retailer. Data were collected through a natural experiment on a convenienc...

We study a supply chain in which a consumer goods manufacturer sells its product through a retailer. The retailer undertakes promotional expenditures, such as advertising, to increase sales and to compete against other retailer(s). The manufacturer supports the retailer’s promotional expenditure through a cooperative advertising program by reimbursing a portion (called the subsidy rate) of the ...

Objective Evaluate the impact of Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grant program on self-reported fruit and vegetable (FV) expenditures. Design Pre-post quasi-experimental study design. Setting Farmers markets grocery stores in states with FINI projects. Participants A total 2,471 Supplemental Assistance Program (SNAP) households 4 intervention groups who lived near a retailer (farmers...

In the closed-loop supply chain, many suppliers opt for self-recycling or entrust retailers to recycle. Under both recycling channels, member responsible can undertake outsource logistics services. This paper investigates how consumers’ environmental awareness and cost-saving affect optimal combination of channel logistics-service strategy. To this end, we mathematically formulate supplier-led ...

Many studies focus on inventory systems to analyze different real-world situations. This paper considers a two-echelon supply chain that includes one warehouse and one retailer with stochastic demand and an up-to-level policy. The retailer’s lead time includes the transportation time from the warehouse to the retailer that is unknown to the retailer. On the other hand, the warehouse is unaware ...

The members of a chain always try to find new ways in order to raise their profit. Hence we intend to study two different scenarios in a single item two-echelon green supply chain including two manufacturers and one retailer to study the effects of two effective contracts on members’ profit. Two scenarios are discussed and in first one, first manufacturer proposes quantity discount contract to ...