For online retailers who sell physical goods, every transaction has two main components: the physical product and the services by which the retailer facilitates the transaction. Delivery speed is arguably the most important service component for online retailers, and for this reason, many...

Introduction -- Retail valuation : how investors value product availability and inventory management -- Assortment planning : mining sales data to discover "home run" products you are missing -- Product life cycle planning : how to reinvent forecasting, inventory optimization, and markdown...