Research Article

Optimal Ordering Strategy for Goods at Multiple Retail Prices under Simultaneous Sales

Table 1

Examples of MRPS.

RetailerProductSales pattern

OnlineTmallDove CNY 32.9 per unit, CNY 59.8 every 2 units
AmazonBuy two get 20% off, buy three get 30% off
DangdangE-CNY 10 every 3 units, CNY 15 every 5 units, CNY 25 every 10 units
JDCanon copy CNY 55 per unit, CNY 275 every 5 units

OfflineStarbucksTall CNY 25, Grande CNY 28, Venti CNY 31
MarketShared massage CNY 6 every 6 minutes, CNY 10 every 12 minutes, CNY 15 every 20 minutes

Data sources: online platforms and offline stores as of 6 March 2019.
Note. a: https://chaoshi.detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a3204.7933263.0.0.4c2a51e1UcMGjR&id=41641764386&rewcatid=50514008#
https://chaoshi.detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a3204.7933263.0.0.4c2a51e1UcMGjR&id=563729087551&rewcatid=50514008.
b:https://www.amazon.cn/s/ref=lp_1994103071_nr_n_1?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A746776051%2Cn%3A%212146616051%2Cn%3A%212146618051%2Cn%3A1994103071%2Cn%3A746783051&bbn=1994103071&ie=UTF8&qid=1551851733&rnid=746777051.
c: http://book.dangdang.com/20190301_1lzp.
d: https://item.jd.com/20113593833.html#crumb-wrap.
e: in-store observation.