期刊名称：Studies and Scientific Researches: Economics Edition
印刷版ISSN：2066-561X
电子版ISSN：2344-1321
出版年度：2014
期号：19
页码：189-195
DOI：10.29358/sceco.v0i19.247
语种：English
出版社：University of Bacău
摘要：This article is a theoretical approach on retail reverse logistics.Environmental concern and the current marketing strategy have spurred retailers to implement strategies to facilitate product returns from end customers.Reverse logistics,indicating the process of this return flow,encompasses such activities as the movement of returned products,facilities to accommodate returned items,and overall remedy process for returned items.The retail industry,under great competitive pressure,has used return policies as a competitive weapon.Grocery retailers were the first to begin to focus serious attention on the problem of returns and to develop reverse logistics innovations.Grocery retailers first developed innovations such as reclamation centers.Reclamation centers,in turn,led to the establishment of centralized return centers.Centralizing returns has led to significant benefits for most firms that have implemented them.Over the last several years,retailers have consolidated.Now,more than ever,reverse logistics is seen as being important.This reverse distribution activity can be crucial to the survival of companies,because the permanent goodwill of the company is at stake.Businesses succeed because they respond to both external and internal changes and adjust in an effective manner to remain competitive.
