Clearance pricing optimization for a fast-fashion retailer

Operations Research

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1404-1422

  Caro, Felipe ^a   Gallien, Jérémie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clearance sales; Fast fashion; Field test; Forecasting; Markdown pricing; Model implementation; Retailing; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

FAST-FASHION; FIELD TEST; MODEL IMPLEMENTATION; RETAILING; REVENUE MANAGEMENT;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; SALES;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84871854045     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1120.1102     Document Type: Article

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