Retail store operations: Literature review and research directions

S Mou, DJ Robb, N DeHoratius - European Journal of Operational …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
In the digital age, retail store operations face a variety of novel challenges and complexities.
We review 255 papers on retail store operations from 32 operations research, management …

Retail shelf space planning problems: A comprehensive review and classification framework

T Bianchi-Aguiar, A Hübner, MA Carravilla… - European Journal of …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The retail shelf space planning problem has long been addressed by Marketing and
Operations Research (OR) professionals and researchers, with the first empirical studies …

Assortment optimization in omni-channel retailing

J Hense, A Hübner - European Journal of Operational Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Nowadays the majority of retail customers use multiple channels. We investigate the
assortment, space and inventory problem for an omni-channel retailer operating with …

An integrated assortment and shelf-space optimization model with demand substitution and space-elasticity effects

A Hübner, K Schaal - European Journal of Operational Research, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Retailers must define their assortments and assign shelf space to the items included in these
assortments. These two planning problems are mutually dependent if space is scarce. We …

[HTML][HTML] Inventory record inaccuracy and store-level performance

A Shabani, G Maroti, S de Leeuw, W Dullaert - International Journal of …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Inventory record inaccuracy (IRI) is the mismatch between the quantity that is recorded in a
company's inventory management system and the quantity that is actually physically …

Store-wide shelf-space allocation with ripple effects driving traffic

T Flamand, A Ghoniem, B Maddah - Operations Research, 2023‏ - pubsonline.informs.org
Given a store layout, product categories grouped into shelves, and historical sales data, we
investigate how the allocation of product categories can be optimized in a fashion that …

Strategic rearrangement of retail shelf space allocations: Using data insights to encourage impulse buying

GS Edirisinghe, CL Munson - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Brick-and-mortar retailers are struggling to compete with online retailers, who increasingly
use customer-generated data to provide highly customized experiences for their patrons to …

Allocating products on shelves under merchandising rules: Multi-level product families with display directions

T Bianchi-Aguiar, E Silva, L Guimarães, MA Carravilla… - Omega, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Retailers' individual products are categorized as part of product families. Merchandising
rules specify how the products should be arranged on the shelves using product families …

[HTML][HTML] Shelf space dimensioning and product allocation in retail stores

A Hübner, T Düsterhöft, M Ostermeier - European Journal of Operational …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Retail shelves are adjustable by varying the number of shelf boards as well as the height
and depth of each shelf board. Shelf planners adjust the boards accordingly at regular …

A shelf-space optimization model when demand is stochastic and space-elastic

A Hübner, K Schaal - Omega, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The more customer demand is impulse-driven, the more it is space-dependent and the more
it is subject to variation. We investigate the corresponding problem of retail shelf-space …