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Do mobile apps influence shopper purchases and product returns? We model the effects of app adoption in the context of a large omnichannel retailer with 32 million shoppers. We leverage the launch of a mobile app by the retailer and use a difference-in-differences approach to identify and...
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Why does Amazon.com make low or no profits, whereas, its bricks-and-mortar rival Borders makes substantially higher profits? Why is price dispersion high in certain categories and low in others? Why are prices for the same item higher at bricks-and-mortar retailers than they are at pure play...
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It has been hypothesized that the Internet lowers search costs and that electronic markets are more competitive than conventional markets. As a result, price dispersion (defined as the distribution of prices of an item with the same measured characteristics across sellers) is expected to be...
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In this paper, we first develop a game theoretic model of price competition between a pure play e-tailer and a bricks-and-clicks e-tailer. We show that in general, the pure play e-tailer has a lower equilibrium price. We then develop a simultaneous equation model of e-tailer price and traffic...
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It has been hypothesized that the online medium and the Internet lower search costs and that electronic markets are more competitive than conventional markets. This suggests that price dispersion - the distribution of prices of an item indicated by measures such as range and standard deviation -...
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We propose a theory-based model of the shopper journey, incorporating the rich literature in consumer research and marketing research. We also take into account the evolving retailing landscape, characterized by significant knowledge, lifestyle, technological, and structural changes. With...
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