{"title":"The Reverse Logistics of Cross-Border e-Tailing in Europe: Developing a Research Agenda to Assess the Environmental Impacts","authors":"S. Cullinane, K. Cullinane","doi":"10.4018/IJAL.2018010101","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Thepurposeofthisarticleistodeveloparesearchagendatoanalyzethepotentialenvironmental implicationsofthereverselogisticsinvolvedintheB2Celementofcross-borderclothinge-tailing. Basedonacombinationofliteraturereviewandprimarycasestudydatafromfivemajorclothing retailersandtwologisticsserviceprovidersinSweden,acategorizationofcross-borderreversechain possibilitiesisdeveloped.Sevenreversechaintypesareidentifiedanditisshownthatallofthefive retailersusemultiplereversechaintypes.Theresultsaresubsequentlyusedtohighlightresearchgaps anddefineafutureresearchagendawhichwillenableamorecompleteenvironmentalanalysisofthe impactsofonlineclothesshoppingincorporatingboththeoutwardandreverseelements. KEywoRDS Cross-Border, Digital Single Market, DSM, E-Commerce, E-Tailing, EU, Returns, Reverse Logistics","PeriodicalId":443888,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Appl. Logist.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Int. J. Appl. Logist.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAL.2018010101","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Thepurposeofthisarticleistodeveloparesearchagendatoanalyzethepotentialenvironmental implicationsofthereverselogisticsinvolvedintheB2Celementofcross-borderclothinge-tailing. Basedonacombinationofliteraturereviewandprimarycasestudydatafromfivemajorclothing retailersandtwologisticsserviceprovidersinSweden,acategorizationofcross-borderreversechain possibilitiesisdeveloped.Sevenreversechaintypesareidentifiedanditisshownthatallofthefive retailersusemultiplereversechaintypes.Theresultsaresubsequentlyusedtohighlightresearchgaps anddefineafutureresearchagendawhichwillenableamorecompleteenvironmentalanalysisofthe impactsofonlineclothesshoppingincorporatingboththeoutwardandreverseelements. KEywoRDS Cross-Border, Digital Single Market, DSM, E-Commerce, E-Tailing, EU, Returns, Reverse Logistics