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Table 5.4 Values of ρ
i
.
Product
456
ρ
i
0.5 0.6 0.7
the impact brought about by the product’s manufacturing cost, for all the other param-
eters under study (and shown in Table 5.3), the fashion retailer and the fashion retail
supply chain system will be benefited or hurt by the change of the other parameters
in the same manner (e.g., increasing the retail selling price benefits the fashion retail
supply chain system and the fashion retailer together). However, it is not necessary the
case for the manufacturer and the fashion retail supply chain. For instance, an increase
of the wholesale price w