Reference no: EM13864714
CASE: Selecting Retail Outlets Using Huff Location Model
Consider the following retail market information.
- Competitors: Store A (size = 20K SF) and Store B (size = 30K SF)
- Potential store sites: X, Y and Z
- Maximum store size at each site: X ≤ 20K SF, Y ≤ 30K SF, Z ≤ 40K SF
- There are 10 customer areas. Number of Households (Ci) and Average Annual Budget per Household (Bi) are given below:
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Ci
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672
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1,072
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977
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577
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102
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47
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67
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412
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247
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1,697
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Bi
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$233
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$178
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$333
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$403
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$128
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$103
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$113
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$168
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$143
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$318
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- The minimum travel times from various sites to customer areas are given as follows:
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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A
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20
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18
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18
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20
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17
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12
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11
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10
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8
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7
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B
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16
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14
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14
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16
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13
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9
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8
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7
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6
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7
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X
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12
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10
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10
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12
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9
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7
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6
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9
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8
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13
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Y
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14
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12
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12
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14
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11
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7
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7
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6
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5
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8
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Z
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11
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9
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9
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13
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5
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7
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8
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9
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11
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14
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- The net operating profit margins are estimated as follows based on store size:
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SIZE
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Margin of Total Revenue
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20K SF
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4.25%
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30K SF
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3.75%
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40K SF
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3.00%
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Assignments:
1) Use λ=2 in the Huff location model to evaluate the following possible site/size options, one at a time, for the new retail store.
a) X,20K
b) Y,20K
c) Y,30K
d) Z,20K
e) Z,30K
f) Z,40K
Assume we can only choose from one of the site/size options from a) to f) above, which store site/size option will yield the maximum profit? Which store site/size option will yield the maximum market share?
2) Redo the evaluations in 1) above with λ=4 in the Huff location model. Again, if we can only choose from one of the site/size options from
a) to f) above, which store site/size option will yield the maximum profit? Which store site/size option will yield the maximum market share?
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