Many consumers expect e-commerce home delivery to be sustainable and fast. To better understand the dilemma behind these requirements, we analyzed e-commerce players' practices and assessed consumers' preferences for home delivery using a mixed-methods approach. We used exploratory structured...

Purpose: Increasing online retailing leads to increased transportation processes on individual levels, which is impacting the environment negatively. Consequently, logistics needs ecological sustainable concepts to reduce its anthropogenic emissions, especially in physical distribution. The...

Purpose: Increasing demand for freight transport is in direct contrast to climate policy goals. Rail freight can reduce overall emissions if it builds up more market share. To achieve this, the rail sector needs to increase its competitiveness with other modes of transport using digitalization....

Handelsunternehmen präsentieren sich als ein Set von zu erfüllenden Marketing- und Logistikaufgaben. Dementsprechend ist der Anteil der Marketing- und Logistikkosten an den Gesamtkosten eines Handelsunternehmens hoch. Im Mittelpunkt der vorliegenden Untersuchung rücken jedoch die...

Handelsunternehmen präsentieren sich als ein Set von zu erfüllenden Marketing- und Logistikaufgaben. Dementsprechend ist der Anteil der Marketing- und Logistikkosten an den Gesamtkosten eines Handelsunternehmens hoch.

Purpose - To provide empirical evidence and explanation of the phenomenon that providers of home delivery of groceries are still of minor importance in highly concentrated retail markets.Design/methodology/approach - Based on a critical literature review three propositions were set up. A web...

Leading representatives of the European grocery industry formed the European Efficient Consumer Response (ECR-)Initiative in 1995. The goal of this strategic alliance is set to reengineer the way business is done in the industry by implementing cooperative strategies between retailer and...