Little is known about the relationship between distribution and market share in the wine category. Understanding the influences of product and distribution characteristics at the SKU-level and incorporating them into marketing strategy and planning has important managerial and academic...

There have been frequent calls in the literature for a more comprehensive understanding of marketing impact on long-term firm performance (Dawes, Meyer-Waarden, & Driesener, 2015; Hanssens & Pauwels, 2016; Lodish & Mela, 2007; Webster & Lusch, 2013). Retail scanner data has been the principal source of...

There have been frequent calls in the literature for a more comprehensive understanding of marketing impact on long-term firm performance (Dawes, Meyer-Waarden, & Driesener, 2015; Hanssens & Pauwels, 2016; Lodish & Mela, 2007; Webster & Lusch, 2013). Retail scanner data has been the principal source of...

New products are common in consumer goods categories, but their success is never guaranteed. The businesses that introduce new consumer products lack benchmarks about what success can reasonably be expected from their new products. To benchmark new product success, this study uses thousands of...

This paper uses a sample of approximately 60,000 US households to document fundamental basket size patterns across a range of retailer types (e.g. grocery stores, convenience stores, and warehouse clubs), and studies them in relation to retailer performance metrics (unit sales and dollar...