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  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
31,801 Views
18 Pages

Factors Effecting Omnichannel Customer Experience: Evidence from Fashion Retail

  • Hadiqa Riaz,
  • Umair Baig,
  • Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene and
  • Hassaan Ahmed

28 December 2021

This research work was designed to investigate the changing dynamics of the retail landscape driven by omnichannel retailing, and to determine the effects on the omnichannel customer’s experience. The role of omnichannel customer behavior in th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Knowledge Management, Digital Trust, and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Era of Social Media)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
39 Citations
26,985 Views
12 Pages

Multichannel and omnichannel strategies have become a critical aspect of retailing. In this study, we present an overview of multichannel and omnichannel retail and discuss its applications in the future of retail. To do so, we explore the different...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Channel Retail and Its Applications in the Future of E-Commerce)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,670 Views
23 Pages

Design Principles of a Mixed-Reality Shopping Assistant System in Omnichannel Retail

  • Shubham Jain,
  • Gabriele Obermeier,
  • Andreas Auinger,
  • Dirk Werth and
  • Gabriel Kiss

20 January 2023

New digital technologies furnish retail managers with new means to enhance consumer experiences in omnichannel retailing. Conceptual academic literature and industry emphasize the promising use of immersive digital displays and their potential benefi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality - 2nd Volume)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
15,407 Views
16 Pages

Omnichannel retailing and sustainability are two important challenges for the fast fashion industry. However, the sustainable behavior of fast fashion consumers in an omnichannel environment has not received much attention from researchers. This pape...

(This article belongs to the Collection Emerging Topics in Omni-Channel Operations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,102 Views
21 Pages

13 October 2023

With tremendous technological advancements, traditional retailing has progressively been transformed into an omnichannel retail environment. While making an appeal to the behavioral reasoning theory, this paper explicates consumers’ (hedonic an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,545 Views
19 Pages

20 May 2025

With the rise of omnichannel (OC) retailing in food e-retail, understanding how OC retailing and product quality attributes influence consumer purchasing behaviour and value perceptions is crucial for developing e-retail strategies and enhancing cons...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensory and Consumer Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,717 Views
25 Pages

As consumer behavior increasingly shifts toward hyperlocal, digitally mediated retail journeys, community unmanned stores have emerged as a transformative model that integrates smart technologies with community proximity services. These fully automat...

(This article belongs to the Topic Digital Marketing Dynamics: From Browsing to Buying)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,416 Views
32 Pages

28 October 2022

This paper explores two Omnichannel retail models consisted of one online platform and one brick-and-mortar store under different power structures considering cost-sharing mechanisms. In retail supply chain dominated by the online platform and brick-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Supply Chain Management and Mathematical Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,141 Views
15 Pages

30 August 2024

The present study aimed to estimate the influence of the modern lifestyle, known also as the Westernized lifestyle, on the eating and food shopping behavior of omnichannel retail consumers in Athens. To collect the required data, this study construct...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Food Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Lifestyles)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
11,545 Views
15 Pages

The Effects of Omni-Channel Retailing on Promotional Strategy

  • Dana Schrotenboer,
  • Efthymios Constantinides,
  • Carolina Herrando and
  • Sjoerd de Vries

The objective of this study is to ascertain the effects of omni-channel retailing on the promotional strategy of retail organisations in order to better understand how to alter the promotional strategy in accordance with the ever-changing needs of cu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Channel Retail and Its Applications in the Future of E-Commerce)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,421 Views
18 Pages

19 April 2024

China’s retail industry has vigorously developed an omni-channel retail strategy in the last few years. However, quantitative research on this development remains relatively scarce. This article addresses this by building a theoretical model of...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,512 Views
23 Pages

Assessing Logistics Service Quality in Omni-Channel Retailing Through Integrated SERVQUAL and Kano Model

  • Lanhui Cai,
  • Yanfeng Liu,
  • Po-Lin Lai,
  • Xiaonan Zhu and ,
  • Kum Fai Yuen and
  • Xueqin Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

31 October 2024

Omni-channel retailing is a novel form that combines online, offline, and mobile channels to provide consumers with a seamless shopping experience. Nevertheless, the implementation of omni-channel retailing necessitates effective logistics support. H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
13,209 Views
23 Pages

4 January 2023

Online-to-offline (O2O) commerce is a specific form of omnichannel retailing, wherein consumers search and purchase online and then consume offline. There are many different O2O models, and new O2O businesses are emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
11,617 Views
21 Pages

The Use of Digital Channels in Omni-Channel Retail—An Empirical Study

  • Iulia Diana Nagy,
  • Dan-Cristian Dabija,
  • Romana Emilia Cramarenco and
  • Monica Ioana Burcă-Voicu

This article aims to highlight the influencing factors on omni-channel consumer attitudes towards virtual shopping channels, providing the literature with a new conceptual model that studies the use of technology by omni-channel consumers. The resear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,363 Views
37 Pages

Omni-channel retailers arise to address the deficiencies in consumers’ online shopping experiences; the resulting competition between such retailers and traditional online platforms presents substantial challenges for green product manufacturer...

(This article belongs to the Collection Advances in Supply Chain Management in the Era of Electronic Commerce)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,736 Views
42 Pages

6 March 2025

In the context of new retail, the development of omni-channels is flourishing. The entry threshold for the clothing industry is low, and the popularity of online shopping has, to some extent, reduced consumers’ perception of the authenticity of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,221 Views
19 Pages

29 April 2022

Utilizing local brick-and-mortar stores for same-day order fulfillment is becoming prominent in omni-channel retailing. Efficient in-store order picking is critical to providing timely value-added omni-channel delivery services. Despite numerous stud...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Operations Research and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
10,810 Views
19 Pages

Retailers and consumers are increasingly “omnichannel”. This means that retailers offer multiple integrated offline and online channels to their customers, while consumers use multiple offline and online channels throughout their shopping...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
13,276 Views
17 Pages

Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned: Sustainability in Brazilian Omnichannel Retail

  • Paulo Renato de Sousa,
  • Marcelo Werneck Barbosa,
  • Leise Kelli de Oliveira,
  • Paulo Tarso Vilela de Resende and ,
  • Ricardo Ruiz Rodrigues,
  • Myrian Teixeira Moura and
  • Daniel Matoso
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

12 January 2021

This paper reports the focus group results administered with top executives of the Brazilian retailers regarding their omnichannel strategies. This study aimed at analyzing the process of implementing omnichannel strategies and identifying contributi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green City Logistics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
14,506 Views
18 Pages

Electronic commerce appeared as a new way of managing businesses in the digital era. However, it has also been accelerated by the recent pandemic situation. Retailers had to find new strategies of reaching customers in the online environment. Thus, c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Channel Retail and Its Applications in the Future of E-Commerce)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,913 Views
25 Pages

The rapid advancement of digital technology has blurred the line between online and brick-and-mortar stores, leading to the proliferation of omnichannel retailing. Two widely adopted strategies are Buy Online and Pick Up in Store (BOPS) and Ship from...

(This article belongs to the Collection Advances in Supply Chain Management in the Era of Electronic Commerce)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,998 Views
15 Pages

24 January 2018

New opportunities and challenges forced by the ever-increasing importance of the online channel have arisen for retailers. The retailing industry is moving to a new phase, in which the distinctions between traditional and online channels disappear, n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
19,444 Views
24 Pages

30 October 2020

There have been significant changes evident across the retail sector over the last 20 years, which have been primarily influenced by technological advancements. These changes have forced many retailers to rethink their business models and utilise a c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,514 Views
21 Pages

Based on the self-determination theory and social presence theory, this study examined how high-tech and high-touch orientations in logistics service quality (LSQ) influence consumer satisfaction in omni-channel retailing. LSQ was modelled as two sec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,040 Views
22 Pages

3 June 2023

Although the importance and benefits of logistics integration in omni-channel (OC) retailing have been discussed in the literature, the impacts of logistics integration from the dimension of internal and external logistics remain unknown. To fill thi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Logistics and Supply Chain Management Challenges and Opportunities in the COVID-19 World – Smart, Agile and Sustainable Trends, Methods and Practices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
9,692 Views
26 Pages

Due to the advent of digitalization, the retail business has seen major changes in recent decades, including e-commerce and multichannel retailing. Customers have witnessed the development of new and digitized channels, as well as solutions such as d...

(This article belongs to the Section Digital Business, Governance, and Sustainability)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,468 Views
25 Pages

4 January 2026

This study examines the logistical challenges arising in omni-channel retailing, where the interaction between traditional stores and online channels requires flexible and efficient transportation planning. In particular, the growth of Buy-Online-and...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Statistics and Operational Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,911 Views
19 Pages

Determinants of Omnichannel Shopping Intention for Sporting Goods

  • Sudarsan Jayasingh,
  • T. Girija and
  • Sivakumar Arunkumar

28 October 2022

Omnichannel retailing is a revolutionary business strategy of recent years which allows customers to engage with retailers using multiple channels and touchpoints to make their shopping experiences better. The main purpose of the current research is...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
3,557 Views
13 Pages

Retailers begin to create new channel systems to meet changing market environments and innovative information technologies. The growing consumer need and market demand for online sales mean that traditional retailers need to create new integration in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
10,190 Views
19 Pages

Do or Die? The Effects of COVID-19 on Channel Integration and Digital Transformation of Large Clothing and Apparel Retailers in Spain

  • Emiliano Acquila-Natale,
  • Julián Chaparro-Peláez,
  • Laura Del-Río-Carazo and
  • Carlos Cuenca-Enrique

COVID-19 has undeniably impacted the retail industry sectors; we are now witnessing the emergence of a large body of research on the effects of the pandemic in retailing. However, few of these studies provide a clear picture of this topic from prior...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Channel Retail and Its Applications in the Future of E-Commerce)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4,386 Views
18 Pages

Inventory Allocation: Omnichannel Demand Fulfillment with Admission Control

  • Fangfang Ma,
  • Shaochuan Fu,
  • Yuanyuan Zhang and
  • Benxuan Miao

Ensuring the profitability of retailers utilizing in-store inventory for online fulfillment is a pivotal issue in omnichannel retailing. This study examines the inventory allocation challenges faced by retailers when managing interactions between onl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,754 Views
16 Pages

16 October 2020

This paper focuses on the value of an omnichannel retailing option, Buy-Online-and-Pick-up-in-Store (BOPS), in reducing environmental impact. Analytical models were established to explore the impacts of the BOPS strategy on the pricing and expected p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,581 Views
22 Pages

E-commerce growth has reshaped consumer behavior and retail services, driving parcel demand and challenging last-mile logistics. Existing research predominantly relies on survey data and global regression models that overlook intra-urban spatial hete...

(This article belongs to the Topic Data Science and Intelligent Management)
  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
18,977 Views
26 Pages

The Different Phases of the Omnichannel Consumer Buying Journey: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Directions

  • Thales Stevan Guedes Furquim,
  • Claudimar Pereira da Veiga,
  • Cássia Rita Pereira da Veiga and
  • Wesley Vieira da Silva

In recent decades, retail has been faced with a challenging scenario, resulting from the digital transformation driven by advances on the internet that has transformed retail business models, especially in commercial transactions, giving consumers a...

(This article belongs to the Collection Emerging Topics in Omni-Channel Operations)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,225 Views
10 Pages

India’s retail industry has grown and seen significant progress over the past few years. However, after the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a move towards e-commerce convenience, which has changed how people shop, and retailers still need to...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Innovative Product Design and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IPDIMS 2023))
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,021 Views
22 Pages

A Simheuristic Algorithm for Solving the Stochastic Omnichannel Vehicle Routing Problem with Pick-up and Delivery

  • Leandro do C. Martins,
  • Christopher Bayliss,
  • Pedro J. Copado-Méndez,
  • Javier Panadero and
  • Angel A. Juan

19 September 2020

Advances in information and communication technologies have made possible the emergence of new shopping channels. The so-called ‘omnichannel’ retailing mode allows customers to shop for products online and receive them at home. This paper...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Simulation-Optimization in Logistics, Transportation, and SCM)
  • Review
  • Open Access
898 Views
52 Pages

The Rise of the Grocerant: Reviewing Consumer, Strategic, and Operational Perspectives

  • Almudena Recio-Román,
  • Manuel Recio-Menéndez and
  • María Victoria Román-González

The grocerant represents an emerging hybrid retail–foodservice format integrating grocery shopping, prepared meals, and in-store dining. Although practically significant, the academic literature remains limited and dispersed. This PRISMA-inform...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,005 Views
17 Pages

Choosing Optimal Omnichannel Coupon Redeeming Options in Multiple Channel Settings

  • Adam Vrechopoulos,
  • Chris Lazaris and
  • Stavros Theodoratos

9 October 2022

This article examines omnichannel redemption options when issuing digital coupons over social media. It investigates which channels or combinations of them provide optimal performance in terms of service-quality perception, customer satisfaction, and...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,361 Views
39 Pages

In supply chains, the focus on last-mile logistics, environmental sustainability, and consumer behaviour became a priority for an increasing number of companies. There is a growing trend towards encouraging environmentally sustainable consumer behavi...

(This article belongs to the Section Last Mile, E-Commerce and Sales Logistics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,524 Views
22 Pages

From a Multichannel to an Optichannel Strategy in Retail

  • Sílvia Faria and
  • João M. S. Carvalho

This paper presents the first systematic literature review (SLR) that includes the concept of an optichannel strategy, examining the main principles, key characteristics, and implications for retailers when switching from a multichannel to an opticha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
16,166 Views
29 Pages

11 August 2021

In recent years, fashion brands and retailers have been advancing rapidly to provide U.S. consumers more seamless omni-channel shopping experiences. The pandemic has further accelerated the growth of omni-channel shopping. This study aimed to explore...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multichannel and Omnichannel Retailing: Latest Advancements and Further Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,537 Views
19 Pages

With the rapid development of the retail industry and its transition to omni-channel, a critical challenge that how to fulfill customer orders by choosing the proper channels arises for the retailers. In omni-channel retailing, customers can make a p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Channel Retail and Its Applications in the Future of E-Commerce)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,292 Views
22 Pages

Consumer Carbon Footprint of Fashion E-Commerce: A Comparative Analysis Between Omnichannel and Pure-Player Models in Spain

  • David Antonio Rosas,
  • Carlos Lli-Torrabadella,
  • María Tamames-Sobrino,
  • Irene Miguel-Corbacho and
  • José Luis Olazagoitia

26 September 2025

The rapid expansion of fashion e-commerce has raised concerns over the environmental cost of last-mile deliveries, especially in pure-player models. This preliminary study examines the estimated carbon footprint of TENDAM’s omnichannel model&md...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles: Can Environmental Impact Assessments Inform a Circular Fashion Future?)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,262 Views
31 Pages

Many retailers start to implement the practice of buy online and pick up in store (BOPS) by integrating their online and offline channels. In this paper, we study the effects of BOPS cooperation (i.e., channel cooperation) in the presence of advertis...

(This article belongs to the Collection Emerging Topics in Omni-Channel Operations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
16,009 Views
24 Pages

24 December 2022

As omnichannel shopping behavior becomes increasingly popular among consumers, how to leverage the respective advantages and synergies of online and offline channels to retain customers for a long time is an urgent issue for retailers to solve. The p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Disruptive Economy, Digital Technologies and Consumption)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,013 Views
16 Pages

The Buy-Online-Pick-Up-in-Store Retailing Model: Optimization Strategies for In-Store Picking and Packing

  • Nicola Ognibene Pietri,
  • Xiaochen Chou,
  • Dominic Loske,
  • Matthias Klumpp and
  • Roberto Montemanni

30 November 2021

Online shopping is growing fast due to the increasingly widespread use of digital services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the desire for contactless shopping has further changed consumer behavior and accelerated the acceptance of online grocery purch...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Models and Their Applications III)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,622 Views
25 Pages

Retailers must reevaluate store positioning when implementing omnichannel strategies. This study examines retailers’ strategic preferences toward in-store services, including Buy-Online-Pickup-in-Store (BOPS), Buy-Online-Return-in-Store (BORS),...

(This article belongs to the Collection Enhancing Consumer Experience Through Mobile Commerce: Challenges and Opportunities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
33,736 Views
27 Pages

8 December 2022

Sustainability has gained significant importance in e-commerce, as it impacts both consumer behavior and company success. This paper contributes to the literature on sustainability in e-commerce by studying the perceived sustainability of three commo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Consumer Behavior and Sustainability in the Electronic Commerce)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,624 Views
17 Pages

A Hybrid Metaheuristic for the Omnichannel Multiproduct Inventory Replenishment Problem

  • Antonio Lorenzo-Espejo,
  • Jesús Muñuzuri,
  • José Guadix and
  • Alejandro Escudero-Santana

In the current paradigm for the retail industry, which is experiencing a rapid evolution, especially in textile companies, the generic problem of product allocation in a distribution and supply chain consisting of one main warehouse and several locat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Channel Retail and Its Applications in the Future of E-Commerce)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,533 Views
27 Pages

27 April 2025

This study investigates how a consistent brand identity across multiple channels influences customer experiences and relationship development in South Korean retailers’ omnichannel strategies. To address the fundamental challenge of balancing b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Consumer Behavior and Sustainable Consumption: Opportunities and Challenges)

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