Research on promotional pricing decisions of retailers considering customers’ add-on items return behavior

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Issue		RAIRO-Oper. Res. Volume 59, Number 2, March-April 2025


Page(s)		967 - 984
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2025016
Published online		02 April 2025

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