摘要

Struggling retail chains often try to recover profitability by closing some of their stores The challenge in this strategy lies in determining how many stores to close as store exit has implications for both the customers and the supply chain After a store closes its customers are lost forever to the competition unless there is a surviving open store nearby or an electronic alternative such as an e-store From the upply chain perspective, alter a store closes its supporting regional distribution center is left with less business and thus reduced viability This paper develops a decision support model to study the profitability of alternative retail network structures by varying the proportion of stores that are closed the average price s

  • 出版日期2010-12