Intranet and extranet as a logistics strategy by Siew, June Wai Ching.

“…They present us with a tremendous promise to link up suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, transport companies and even internal customers and in so doing, allow companies to seamlessly share information and achieve logistical excellence.…”
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The Euro changeover and price adjustments in Italy by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Girardi, Alessandro, Ventura, Marco

“…By estimating a staggered price model over the period 1980q1-2010q2, this paper documents that, after the euro changeover, Italian retailers have increased the number of price adjustments, which has translated into a higher inflation rate, with a detrimental effect on the competitiveness of the Italian economy.…”
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Tendency of Generation-Y in Malaysia to Purchase Online Technological Products by Manimekalai, Jambulingam, Sorooshian, Shahryar, Caroline Sumathi, Selvarajah

“…The findings showed that Gen Y are willing to purchase online, if the retailers provide security on e-Transactions. The result will give useful information and attract more retailers to establish online business…”
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Product Channeling in an O2O Supply Chain Management as Power Transmission in Electric Power Distribution Systems by Biswajit Sarkar, Muhammad Tayyab, Seok-Beom Choi

“…In this context, this research work develops a model for an online to offline (O2O) supply chain management network of a small-scale household electric components manufacturer for delivering goods to its distribution centers and retailers. Retailers are acquired by the company through investment in the O2O channel of e-commerce. …”
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An imperfect production model with energy consumption, GHG emissions and fuzzy demand under a sustainable supply chain by B. Karthick, R. Uthayakumar

“…In the first scenario, the retailer offers a price discount for customers on the backorders; it encourages the customer to wait for the product. …”
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Pricing Decision of the Dual-Channel Supply Chain with the Manufacturer’s Extended Warranty by Chenbo Zhu, Jiwei Liang, Yaqian Liu

“…Considering a dual-channel supply chain with a manufacturer and a retailer, we assume the manufacturer provides an extended warranty in the online direct channel and investigates the decision making of the supply chain players. …”
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A new robust model for inventory- locating of single-Periodical supply chain with three-echelon for small and medium business enterprises with uncertain demand by Nafiseh Aghabozorgi, Seyed Mojtaba Sajadi, Mahdi Alinaghian

“…The model has been considered in single-period, multi-product state along with some transportation models with three levels of producers – distributors- retailers in certain and robust mode. Considering some transportation models along with robusting the model and the possibility of sending goods directly from the factory to the retailer is one of the innovations of this study. …”
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The Coexistence of Local and Global Food Supply Chains: The Lombardy Region Case Study by Chiara Mazzocchi, Stefano Corsi, Giordano Ruggeri

“…Our study aims to understand the factors that affect the development of AFNs with a specific focus on the interactions with small- and large-scale food retailing in the Lombardy region in the north of Italy. …”
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Public policy interventions to mitigate household food insecurity in Canada: a systematic review by Leanne Idzerda, Tricia Corrin, Calin Lazarescu, Alix Couture, Eric Vallières, Sara Khan, Valerie Tarasuk, Lynn McIntyre, Alejandra Jaramillo Garcia

“…Housing assistance programmes and food retailer studies may have little to no effect on HFI; however, there is low certainty in the evidence that could change as evidence emerges. …”
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Abuse of Dominance in the Case-law of the Hungarian Competition Authority – a Historical Overvie by Ákos Réger, András M. Horváth

“…Stronger criticism is only formulated against the concept of significant market power of retailers.…”
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Socio economic status of crab fishers and marketers in navanthurai fishing village in Jaffna Estuary, Sri Lanka by A. Tharmine, K. Sivashanthini, U. Edrisinghe

“…Mean age of crab fishers, retailers, auctioneers and wholesalers were 43.3, 47.5, 33 and 35.6 years, respectively. …”
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Environmentalism or greenwashing? Responses of South African value chain actors to plastic straw marine pollution by Takunda Y. Chitaka

“…The subsequent public outcry has forced key value-chain actors – such as brand owners, retailers and restaurateurs – to be seen to be responding to the issue. …”
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Replenishment policies for imperfect inventory system under natural idle time and shortages by Jaggi Chandra K., Rini, Kishore Aakanksha

“…In view of this, this paper investigates replenishment policies for the retailer who runs his business for only a part of a day and closes his shop for the remaining time. …”
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Marketing Analysis of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) in Cialam Jaya Village, South Konawe District by Waode Sri Muliani, Surni Surni, Hidrawati Hidrawati

“…The research results show that the marketing channels for lemongrass are Producers, Wholesalers, Retailers, Consumers, and Producers, Collectors, Wholesalers, Retailers, and Consumers. …”
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Supply chain performance of sea food from Kobong Market Semarang through seahood fresh market in Sleman Indonesia by Susanawati, Aida Z.N.

“…The actors consisted of fishermen, collecting traders, wholesalers, retailers, Seahood managers, and was ended consumers. …”
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Interactive Impacts of Overconfidence and Competitive Preference on Closed-Loop Supply Chain Performance by Hao Xu, Kaiye Gao, Yuanying Chi, Yahui Chen, Rui Peng

“…In this paper, two common behavioral preferences in the market, overconfidence and competitive preference, are incorporated into the study of closed-loop supply chains to investigate how the overconfidence of retailers and the competitive preference of manufacturers jointly affect the decisions and interests of both parties in closed-loop supply chains under different dominant models. …”
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Exploring Shopper’s Browsing Behavior and Attention Level with an EEG Biosensor Cap by Dong-Her Shih, Kuan-Chu Lu, Po-Yuan Shih

“…The online shopping market is developing rapidly, meaning that it is important for retailers and manufacturers to understand how consumers behave online compared to when in brick-and-mortar stores. …”
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Measuring the Impact of E-Collaboration on Supply Chain Parties: A Value-Based Management Approach by Xiunian Zhang, Jasmine Siu Lee Lam

“…A numerical example of an E-Commerce retailer-distributor-manufacturer supply chain is presented and followed by profound implications. …”
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Learning EOQ Model with Trade-Credit Financing Policy for Imperfect Quality Items under Cloudy Fuzzy Environment by Mahesh Kumar Jayaswal, Mandeep Mittal, Osama Abdulaziz Alamri, Faizan Ahmad Khan

“…The trade-credit policy is adequate for suppliers and retailers to maximize their profit during business. …”
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Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment in the Chinese Baijiu Supply Chain by Yiqin Wang, Jiali Liu, Yanling Xiong, Xuefan Liu, Xiaowei Wen

“…We examined the fraud vulnerability in the baijiu supply chain with data from 243 producers and 45 retailers by using the safe supply of affordable food everywhere (SSAFE) food fraud vulnerability assessment (FFVA) tool. …”
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