Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Economic and Business Management (FEBM 2019)

BOPS in Omnichannel Retailing with Return and Cross-selling

Authors
Simin Xu, Weimin Ma, Hua He
Corresponding Author
Simin Xu
Available Online December 2019.
DOI
10.2991/febm-19.2019.45How to use a DOI?
Keywords
omnichannel retailing; BOPS;channel competition; cross-selling; return
Abstract

Many retailers have started to integrate online and store channels (such as BOPS) in order to enhance the consumer experience. This paper studies a decision problem of when it is preferable for a dual-channel retailer to introduce BOPS strategy. Based on the utility functions, we develop a model to investigate the interplay between the monopolist retailer and consumers. Our results show that the introduction of BOPS has two aspects of influence: intensifying channel competition and eliminating the effects of cross-selling. Besides, we find that BOPS is not always beneficial to the retailer. Especially for the store, when the impact of cross-selling is too large or too small, introducing BOPS actually damages the store's profit.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Economic and Business Management (FEBM 2019)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
December 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-849-9
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/febm-19.2019.45How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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