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In omni-channel retailing, customers can make a purchase online or offline, and the online customers are offered the options of home delivery or collection at a specified store, delivering immediately or during an appointed time window, and accepting split delivery or not. For the effective execution of omni-channel retailing in such a circumstance, this paper proposes an intuitive order fulfillment policy, aiming to gain lower service cost and higher customer satisfaction, as a reference for the retailers\u2019 operation management. Via experimental analyses under various service costs and demand forecasts, their influences on channel selection and the policy performance are illustrated. 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