Retail - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 May 2017
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Consortium For Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) 2017

09 May 2011
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Consortium For Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) 2011

21 Jun 2022
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Consortium For Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) 2022

06 May 2019
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Consortium For Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) 2019

30 Oct 2017
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Exclusive Q&A: How Retailers Can Escape The ‘Content Trap’

24 Jan 2013
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What can foreign retailers bring in which India doesn't already have?

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Innovations in Retail Operations: Thirty Years of Lessons from Production and Operations Management

By: Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman

We review papers published in Production and Operations Management (POM) during its thirty-year history that deal with retail operations issues with an empirical approach. The papers span a range of issues, from traditional ones like forecasting and inventory... View Details

Keywords: RFID; Innovation and Invention; Technology Adoption; Operations; E-commerce; Strategy; Retail Industry

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September – October 2010
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The Effect of Product Variety and Inventory Levels on Retail Sales: A Longitudinal Study

By: Zeynep Ton and Ananth Raman

We examine the effects of product variety and inventory levels on store sales. Using four years of data from stores of a large retailer, we show that increases in product variety and inventory levels are both associated with higher sales. We also show that increasing... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Logistics; Product; Quality; Sales; Retail Industry

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