Optimal Guaranteed Profit Margins for Both Vendors and Retailers in the Fashion Apparel Industry

Journal of Retailing

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-333

  Lee, Chang Hwan ^a   Rhee, Byong Duk ^b  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fashion apparel industry; Guaranteed profit margin; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249110577     PISSN: 00224359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretai.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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