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 119809 The Big Book of Retail Design: Everything You Need By Quartier Katelijn |  119806 Driving Retail Transformation: How to navigate dis By Banks Oliver |  119628 AI for Retail: A Practical Guide to Modernize Your By Chaubard Francois |
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| Decision‐making and coordination of a three‐tier fresh agricultural product supply chain considering dynamic freshness‐keeping effort. By Wang, Xuefeng;Xiong, Meifei;Yang, Fang;Shi, Wenqiang International Transactions in Operational Research. May2026, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p2052-2081. 30p. Abstract :The freshness‐keeping of agricultural products is an essential issue that affects business development, food safety, and human health. Due to the structural characteristics of the supply chain, keeping the freshness of agricultural products involves different entities and multiple links, which is a long‐term strategic issue requiring significant investment. Given the perishability of agricultural products, the aging of preservation facilities, or the decline of technology, it is critical to consider the multitier freshness‐keeping strategy from a dynamic perspective. Therefore, this paper studies dynamic freshness‐keeping and coordination of a multitier agricultural product supply chain. We first construct a differential equation considering the three‐tier freshness‐keeping efforts. Then, we compare the optimal freshness‐keeping efforts, retail price, and system profit between the decentralized and centralized decision‐making models. Finally, two contracts based on cost‐sharing and secondary transfer payment are designed to coordinate the decentralized decision‐making model. Results show that (i) as the decision sequence moves backward, freshness‐keeping effort decreases at each tier for the same freshness‐keeping efficiency; (ii) adopting the centralized decision‐making model offers several advantages, including well‐balanced freshness‐keeping efforts across multiple tiers, a lower retail price, and higher system profit; and (iii) under a specified payment range, the "freshness‐keeping cost‐sharing‐two‐part fee" contract motivates entities to increase freshness‐keeping efforts and realizes individual and system‐wide profit improvements. | |||
| Trade‐in program options in a retailer‐led supply chain. By Zhao, Wenyu;Xia, Yulan;Zhang, Lu;Fan, Xiaojun International Transactions in Operational Research. May2026, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p2119-2156. 38p. Abstract :Firms offer trade‐in programs that consumers trade an old product and receive trade‐in rebate when buying a new one. To study whether the manufacturer or the retailer should introduce a trade‐in program, we build a Stackelberg game that consists of one manufacturer and one retailer by considering old and new consumers in a retailer‐led supply chain. We find that when the production cost of a product is high under no trade‐in program, old consumers do not purchase the product. When the retailer provides the trade‐in program, there are "lose–win" situation for the manufacturer and retailer. However, when the manufacturer provides the trade‐in program, there are "win–win" situation for the manufacturer and retailer. Then, we find that the manufacturer (retailer) can benefit more from providing trade‐in program by themselves than that provided by the other one. | |||
| High-Quality Store Managers Help New Products Succeed. By Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review. Mar/Apr2026, Vol. 104 Issue 2, p26-26. 3/4p. 1 Cartoon or Caricature. Abstract :This article examines research that evaluates how store manager quality affects the success of new product launches in retail. Tracking 4,093 products across 229 stores in Colombia, the study found that high-performing managers consistently boost revenue, increase the likelihood that products expand to additional stores, and extend product longevity by effectively forecasting demand and managing inventory. The findings suggest that those who oversee a product’s introduction on the retail floor can be as critical as the product itself, highlighting the importance of manager skill in shaping product performance. | |||
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