Targeted promotions based on individual purchase histories are known to increase promotional response while reducing search effort, yet the opportunity costs of such targeted promotions remain poorly understood. We use field experiments on a mobile e-book reading app and an online ticket...

To investigate the potential returns of targeted mobile discounts, we design and implement a large-scale field experiment involving two competing movie theaters. In the experiment, we test different forms of targeting based on real-time consumer location and past consumer behavior. A novel...

Today's consumers are immersed in a vast and complex array of networks. Each network features an interconnected mesh of people and firms, and now, with the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), also objects. Technology (particularly mobile devices) enables such connections, and facilitates many...

We conduct a large-scale field experiment to study competitive price discrimination in a duopoly market with two rival movie theaters. The firms use mobile targeting to offer different prices based on location and past consumer activity. A novel feature of our experiment is that we test a range...

As consumers spend more time on their mobile devices at various locations, a focal retailer’s natural approach is to target potential customers in close proximity to its own location. Yet focal location targeting may cannibalize profits on infra-marginal sales. This study demonstrates the...