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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Professor Michael Bourlakis, Professor Richard Wilding, Mike Bernon and myself are pleased to be able to secure a special edition of
<i>International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (IJPDLM)
</i>on <b><u>Omni-Channels</u></b>, submission deadline: <b><u>30<sup>th</sup> September 2016</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This special issue intends to address the growing opportunities for the research on omni-channel supply chains and to provide managers with the latest, up-to-date studies in this field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Full details of this special issue can be found in the call for papers, attached, and also in the IJPDLM webpage at
</span><a href="http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=6507"><span style="color:black">http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=6507</span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please consider sharing this Call for Papers in your community, and submitting an article to this special edition.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Soroosh Sam Saghiri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PhD MA MSc BSc FCILT FHEA<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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Centre for Strategic Procurement & Supply Management and Cranfield Supply Chain Research Centre
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">School of Management | Cranfield University, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK,
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