Research Article

Multiperiod Dynamic Pricing and Inventory Control Decisions for an Omnichannel BOPS Retailer with Reference Price Effects

Table 1

Consumer utility under two different channels when demand is loss neutral.

Demand sourcePurchase channelsAt the time of placing the orderAt the time of receiving the product
Place orderKeep (buy) productReturn product/cancel order/leave store

Online consumersBuy online directly
BOPS0
Offline consumersBuy offline directly0