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Retail sales. Persistence in the short term and long term dynamics

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  • Luis A. Gil-Alana

    (Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Navarra)

  • Carlos P. Barros

    (Instituto de Economia e Gestao, Technical University of Lisbon)

  • Albert Assaf

    (Centre for Tourism and Services Research, Victoria University, Australia)

Abstract

The management of retail sales is of paramount importance to retail organisations and retail policy makers. This study examines the degrees of time persistence and seasonality of various retail sectors using innovative seasonal and non-seasonal fractional integration and autoregressions models. Adapting data from both the Australian and US retail sectors, the results indicate that the impacts of seasonality and persistence are not consistent across the various retail sectors. It also clear that retail sales forecasts are better explained in terms of a long memory model that incorporates both persistence and seasonal components.

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  • Luis A. Gil-Alana & Carlos P. Barros & Albert Assaf, 2010. "Retail sales. Persistence in the short term and long term dynamics," Faculty Working Papers 03/10, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Navarra.
    • Handle: RePEc:una:unccee:wp0310
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    1. Aye, Goodness C. & Balcilar, Mehmet & Gupta, Rangan & Majumdar, Anandamayee, 2015. "Forecasting aggregate retail sales: The case of South Africa," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 66-79.

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