Topic: Sales

A pop-up that allows a user to turn off tracking on an app. Research Brief / Advertising

Barred From Stalking Us Across the Internet, Returns for Some Advertisers Plummet

Small businesses hit particularly hard when Apple made it easy to opt out of app tracking

Aisle with merchandise at a hardware store. Research Brief / Retail

Website Search Data Suggests Profitably Reconfiguring In-Store Product Placement

Lots of web searches for laminate flooring? Move it closer to the storefront

A screenshot of a Meat Bag from Whole Foods for sale on the Good to Go app Research Brief / Pricing

How to Price Soon-to-Expire Food to Attract the Most Merchants and Consumers?

One platform dictates a price at 33% of retail — too steep a discount for many stores

Three different examples of fake review solicitation Research Brief / E-commerce

How Fake Customer Reviews on Amazon Distort Markets

Shoppers’ highly imperfect understanding of the problem leads to poor buying decisions

Price matching icon illustration Research Brief / Pricing

How Amazon Can Shape Prices by Responding to Rivals

Dominant online retailer may help sustain higher prices and capture most of the resulting gains