Retail Archives - UCLA Anderson Review

Field researchers constructed a model to subsidize essential goods for low-income communities in crisis, and profit in recovery

Studying 1 million Alibaba users, Hengchen Dai mostly confirms the transactional nature of internet retailing

Reviews that explicitly talk about objective quality assessments are well received

Prerequisites are valued poorly in a series of six experiments

A study uses game theory to suggest when designer companies should license their names for down-market goods

Research Brief / Retail

Independent drug stores improve to meet the competition

If there are only six left, I guess I won’t be buying a dozen

Alibaba finds a fresh twist on an old-school store is an effective marketing tool

A different decision tree is used when product information is forgotten, rather than just unknown

Research Brief / Retail

Washington state data: Profits higher, prices lower at multi-store firms

Research Brief / Retail

Researchers compare income disparity by county to product availability

Cards redeemable only at a favorite store beat adding a second, less-loved retailer

Feature / Retail

Phony posts are largely very short-term campaigns

Technology and mobile finance needed as nanostores’ compete against online behemoths

Forecast / E-commerce

Putting the onus on retailers, rather than shoppers, works better

Highlighting the right data and making it relevant can help overcome resistance

Topic: Retail