Objective A great number of customers spend much more time than expected on shopping because of a lot of reasons like variety in products. Thus, they may feel confused and disappointed. Such confusion can influence purchasing procedure and determine purchasing behavior. Such customers fail to purchase wisely and may face difficulty choosing appropriate and reasonable products. However, if the ...

Several studies have evaluated the effects of postharvest technologies on loss (PHL) incurred at a single stage food value chain. However, very few assessed effect multiple PHL various stages This study five (harvesting tools, cold stores, plastic crates, fruit fly traps, and ground tarps) promoted by Rockefeller Foundation Yieldwise Initiative (YWI) in Kenya three mango chain (harvest, transpo...

This case captures inventory management process in an Indian convenience store. Unlike retail stores in developed countries, Indian convenience stores are a special format of organized retailing, where retailers open multiple smaller stores in a town instead of one big centralised store. An excellent inventory management process is the key to make such stores perform well. This case describes i...

The types and numbers of insect species associated with eight Kansas retail stores belonging to a pet store chain were surveyed during February to August 2001. Insects were monitored at 1-3-wk intervals using food- and pheromone-baited pitfall traps for beetles and pheromone-baited sticky traps for moths. Thirty traps of each type were placed within a store. Thirty insect species belonging to 2...

The study explores data-driven Digital Transformation (DT) for emergency situations. By adopting a dynamic capability view, we draw on the predictive practices and Big Data (BD) capabilities applied in UK retail sector how such support align supply chain resilience We explore views of major stakeholders proactive use BD grocery stores associated analytics tools practices. contribution lies with...

This study analyzes how webrooming affects the O2O supply chain of an e-tailer and a brick-and-mortar store. Two types stores are considered: self-owned franchised. We first determine via game theory optimal pricing service decisions for store when prices uniform or nonuniform online offline. The results indicate that benefits both nonuniform. For stores, market share consumer traveling costs w...

The aim of this paper was investigating the effects of organic knowledge, perceived consequences, subjective norms,price, and green trust, perceived consumer effectiveness, availability, relative advantage, and organic purchase intention on organic purchase behavior among Iranian consumers as the consumers in a developing country.The survey questionnaire was administered to the customers of lar...

In a merchandise depth test, a retail chain introduces new products at a small sample of selected stores for a short period prior to the primary selling season and uses the observed sales to forecast demand for the entire chain. We describe a method for resolving two key questions in merchandise testing: (1) which stores to use for the test and (2) how to extrapolate from test sales to create a...