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Behavioral Retail Operations: Tactics to Win Customers

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  • Nymisha Bandi
  • Maxime C. Cohen
  • Saibal Ray

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Shoppers face numerous decisions about which products to purchase, as the number of available options grows. To navigate this complexity, retailers deploy a range of tactics aimed at influencing customer behavior and guiding them toward specific purchases. Understanding customer behavior in both online and brick-and-mortar settings requires an understanding of customer psychology, including the factors that drive purchase decisions and responses to promotions. Retailers strategically use data to analyze patterns and employ tools from business analytics and machine learning to identify key influences on shopping behavior. These insights often rely on detailed consumer information, such as demographics, historical purchases, and reactions to past promotions, alongside broader social, cultural, and psychological factors. In this monograph, we reviewed decades of research on retail tactics used to influence consumer choices, focusing on price, promotion, and place. We examined the nuances of pricing strategies, including psychological effects, framing techniques, and price perception, as well as in-store promotions and design strategies that shape the shopping environment. Additionally, we explored digital retail tactics such as web design, product recommendations, and user ratings. Our goal was to connect research with practical strategies, providing a comprehensive review and suggesting future research directions at the intersection of consumer psychology and retail strategy.

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  • Nymisha Bandi & Maxime C. Cohen & Saibal Ray, 2024. "Behavioral Retail Operations: Tactics to Win Customers," Foundations and Trends(R) in Technology, Information and Operations Management, now publishers, vol. 18(3-4), pages 214-420, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:now:fnttom:0200000111
    DOI: 10.1561/0200000111
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