...Teck-Yong Eng Purpose – This study aims to examine theoretical insights from market orientation and resource-based view for enhancing grocery retailers' distribution capabilities. The distribution capability of a firm can influence both effective and efficient handling of external stocks...

.... Design/methodology/approach – A two-stage methodology is deployed. As part of Stage 1, a series of 20 semi-structured interviews with senior managers from retailers, retailers’ suppliers and logistics service providers were undertaken. Subsequently, in Stage 2, a focus group with practitioners from...

...Charlene Xie; Chimay J. Anumba; Tzong‐Ru Lee; Booi Hon Kam; Ling Chen; Richard Wilding Purpose This paper aims to examine how Chinese apparel retailers manage their production outsourcing risks and why they elect to manage those risks in a particular manner. Design/methodology/approach...

...Martin Hingley; Adam Lindgreen; David B. Grant; Charles Kane Purpose There is a paucity of literature considering horizontal collaboration among grocery retailers, suppliers, and third‐party logistics (3PL) providers. This paper seeks to investigate benefits of and barriers to the use of fourth...

...) study, 22 existing maturity models are found and analysed, on the basis of which an integrated framework is developed. This framework is subsequently applied to interorganisational collaboration within the Dutch retail sector (i.e. retailers and their wholesalers, manufacturers, customers, and trade...

...Karuna Jain; Lokesh Nagar; Vivek Srivastava Purpose To develop an EOQ based model to quantify the benefit accrue due to coordination for the one supplier and n retailer supply chain system and concept to share the benefits derived from coordination. Design/methodology/approach...