A Retail Inventory Model with Promotional Efforts, Preservation Technology Considering Green Technology Investment

Retailing strategy can be considered as the most critical factor for the success of industries. Managing deteriorating products in retail demands a strategic approach aimed at mitigating losses while maximizing profitability. This entails a proactive stance towards identifying products nearing expir...

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Main Authors: Sunita Yadav, Sarla Pareek, Mitali Sarkar, Jin-Hee Ma, Young-Hyo Ahn
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
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description Retailing strategy can be considered as the most critical factor for the success of industries. Managing deteriorating products in retail demands a strategic approach aimed at mitigating losses while maximizing profitability. This entails a proactive stance towards identifying products nearing expiration, becoming obsolete or showing signs of deterioration. Offering discounts or promotions can stimulate consumer interest and clear out inventory. The promotion of products within the context of retail management involves a multifaceted approach aimed at increasing awareness, generating interest, and ultimately driving sales. Sustainability helps retailers to develop social as well as economic consistency. Every country and their respective governments are currently working towards sustainable development. New technologies in this direction have been introduced. The present paper introduces a retailing model considering green technology as it is becoming popular to lower environmental risks. The items considered in this study are perishable in nature. As product prices and the promotion of products highly influence demand, a demand pattern dependent on price and promotion is therefore considered. This paper presents a sustainable retail-based inventory model that considers preservation technology to lower the rate of deterioration and increase product shelf life. As carbon emissions is currently the biggest threat to the environment, enforcing a penalty may lower its emissions. Carbon emissions costs due to storage, transportation, and preservation are considered herein. This model studies the effect of various cost parameters on the model. A numerical analysis is performed to validate the result. The results of this study show that the implementation of preservation technology not only increases cycle time but also significantly reduces total cost, hence increasing profit. Sensitivity analysis is performed to show the behaviors of different cost parameters on total cost and decision variables. Mathematica 11 and Maple 18 software are used for graphical representation.
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spelling doaj-art-2d83e35386bb43fdb778c1d93311e5c32025-08-20T02:09:11ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902025-03-01137106510.3390/math13071065A Retail Inventory Model with Promotional Efforts, Preservation Technology Considering Green Technology InvestmentSunita Yadav0Sarla Pareek1Mitali Sarkar2Jin-Hee Ma3Young-Hyo Ahn4Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Banasthali Vidyapith, Tonk 304022, IndiaDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Banasthali Vidyapith, Tonk 304022, IndiaDepartment of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro (Gunja-dong), Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Republic of KoreaSmall Enterprise Policy Research Center, Small Enterprise and Market Service (SEMAS), Hannuri-daero, Sejong-si 30147, Republic of KoreaDivision of International Trade, Institute of Digital Economy, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22012, Republic of KoreaRetailing strategy can be considered as the most critical factor for the success of industries. Managing deteriorating products in retail demands a strategic approach aimed at mitigating losses while maximizing profitability. This entails a proactive stance towards identifying products nearing expiration, becoming obsolete or showing signs of deterioration. Offering discounts or promotions can stimulate consumer interest and clear out inventory. The promotion of products within the context of retail management involves a multifaceted approach aimed at increasing awareness, generating interest, and ultimately driving sales. Sustainability helps retailers to develop social as well as economic consistency. Every country and their respective governments are currently working towards sustainable development. New technologies in this direction have been introduced. The present paper introduces a retailing model considering green technology as it is becoming popular to lower environmental risks. The items considered in this study are perishable in nature. As product prices and the promotion of products highly influence demand, a demand pattern dependent on price and promotion is therefore considered. This paper presents a sustainable retail-based inventory model that considers preservation technology to lower the rate of deterioration and increase product shelf life. As carbon emissions is currently the biggest threat to the environment, enforcing a penalty may lower its emissions. Carbon emissions costs due to storage, transportation, and preservation are considered herein. This model studies the effect of various cost parameters on the model. A numerical analysis is performed to validate the result. The results of this study show that the implementation of preservation technology not only increases cycle time but also significantly reduces total cost, hence increasing profit. Sensitivity analysis is performed to show the behaviors of different cost parameters on total cost and decision variables. Mathematica 11 and Maple 18 software are used for graphical representation.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/13/7/1065retail managementpreservation technologydeteriorationpromotiongreen technology for retail management
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Young-Hyo Ahn
A Retail Inventory Model with Promotional Efforts, Preservation Technology Considering Green Technology Investment
Mathematics
retail management
preservation technology
deterioration
promotion
green technology for retail management
title A Retail Inventory Model with Promotional Efforts, Preservation Technology Considering Green Technology Investment
title_full A Retail Inventory Model with Promotional Efforts, Preservation Technology Considering Green Technology Investment
title_fullStr A Retail Inventory Model with Promotional Efforts, Preservation Technology Considering Green Technology Investment
title_full_unstemmed A Retail Inventory Model with Promotional Efforts, Preservation Technology Considering Green Technology Investment
title_short A Retail Inventory Model with Promotional Efforts, Preservation Technology Considering Green Technology Investment
title_sort retail inventory model with promotional efforts preservation technology considering green technology investment
topic retail management
preservation technology
deterioration
promotion
green technology for retail management
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/13/7/1065
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