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NRF has partnered with the Platt Retail Institute (PRI) to provide its members with detailed retail industry research.   PRI functions as a knowledge conduit, linking retail executives with leading researchers.   The database below contains abstracts from important studies conducted by researchers from leading universities.   Topics include retail strategy, in-store development, marketing, merchandising, and more.  

New research is added monthly.  For your convenience, citations are provided for each abstract.  If you would like to obtain the full study, most can be found through local libraries. If you need additional information, or would like more information about the Platt Retail Institute, call 630-920-1844 or email adm@plattretailinstitute.org.

 

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TitleCategoryPublication Name
The Magnitude of Menu Costs: Direct Evidence From Large U.S. Supermarket Chains Store ManagementThe Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1997
Competing in a Value-Driven WorldIndustry AnalysisMcKinsey & Company
The Effects of Wait Expectations and Store Atmosphere Evaluations on Patronage Intentions in Service-Intensive Retail Stores Store ManagementJournal of Retailing, Volume 79, Issue #4, 2003
Implications for Retail Adoption of Digital Signage Systems Retail Marketing PRI Working Paper No. 1, 2004
Linking Retail Strategy, Atmospheric Design and Shopping BehaviorRetail MarketingJournal of Marketing Management, Volume 18, 2002
Return on Marketing: Using Customer Equity to Focus Marketing StrategyRetail Marketing Journal of Marketing, Volume 68, January 2004
Why Store Brand Penetration Varies by RetailerMerchandise ManagementMarketing Science, Volume 16, #3, 1997
How Promotions WorkRetail Marketing Marketing Science, Volume 14, #3, 1995
The Selection and Pricing of Retail Assortments: An Empirical ApproachMerchandise ManagementJournal of Retailing, Volume 75, Issue #3, 1999
Complementarities Between In-Store and Supply Chain Technologies: An Empirical Analysis of Food Retailing Operations Retail TechnologyWorking Paper, May 2004
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: A Model of In-Store Consumer Decision MakingRetail Marketing Working Paper, October 1998
An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Product Involvement and Brand CommitmentRetail Marketing Psychology & Marketing, Volume 17, 2000
Retailing ManagementRetail Market StrategyMcGraw-Hill Irwin, Sixth Edition
Accounting Profits Versus Marketing Profits: A Relevant Metric for Category ManagementRetail Marketing Marketing Science, Volume 18, #3, 1999
Welcome to the New World of Merchandising Merchandise ManagementHarvard Business Review, November 2001
The Influence of Loyalty Programs and Short-Term Promotions on Customer RetentionRetail MarketingJournal of Marketing Research, August 2004
Managing Advertising and Promotion for Long-Run ProfitabilityRetail Marketing Marketing Science, Volume 18, #1, 1999
Establishing Retail Digital Signage as a New Medium and Measuring its EffectivnessRetail Marketing PRI Working Paper No. 2, 2005
An Empirical Study of Consumer Switching From Traditional to Electronic Channels: A Purchase-Decision Process Perspective Retail TechnologyInternational Journal of Electronic Commerce, Spring 2004, Vol. 8, #3
Boost Your Marketing ROI with Experimental DesignRetail Marketing Harvard Business Review, October 2001
How Category Characteristics Affect The Number of Store Brands Offered by the Retailer: A Model and Empirical AnalysisMerchandise ManagementJournal of Retailing, Volume 20, Issue #4, 2004
Relationship Hindrance: Why Would Consumers Not Want a Relationship with a Retailer?Retail Marketing Journal of Retailing, Volume 80, Issue #4, 2004
Impulse Buying: Modeling its PrecursorsRetail MarketingJournal of Retailing, Volume 74, Issue #2, 1998
Unseen is Unsold: Assessing Visual Equity with Commerical Eye-Tracking DataRetail MarketingINSEAD Working Paper, available at here
Leveraging the Impact of Retail Digital Signage Advertising through Behavioral MerchandisingRetail MarketingPRI Working Paper No. 3, 2005
Deployment and Test of a Retail Communications Network by the United States Postal ServiceRetail MarketingPRI Working Paper No. 4, January 2006
Retail Micro-Marketing: Strategic Advance or Gimmick? Retail MarketingInternational Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, October 2000
Impacting the Customer Experience at a Retail Bank Branch Through a Digital Communications NetworkRetail MarketingPRI Working Paper No. 5, 2006
Consumer Responsiveness to Mobile MarketingRetail MarketingPaper presented at the Stockholm Mobility Roundtable, Stockholm, 2003
Failure in International Retailing: Research PropositionsStore ManagementInternational Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, October 2003
Building Store Loyalty Through Store BrandsRetail MarketingJournal of Marketing Research, August 2000
Understanding Retail Branding: Conceptual Insights and Research PrioritiesRetail MarketingJournal of Retailing, Volume 80, 2004
Measuring Brand Equity across Products and MarketsRetail MarketingCalifornia Management Review, Volume 38, No. 3, Spring 1996
Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Managing Customer-Based Brand EquityRetail MarketingJournal of Marketing, Vol. 57, January 1993
Developing Parsimonious Retailer Equity Indexes Using Partial Least Squares Analysis: A Method and ApplicationsRetail MarketingJournal of Retailing, Volume 79, 2003
Estimating Differential Lag Effects for Multiple Media Across Multiple StoresRetail AdvertisingJournal of Advertising, Number 4, Winter 2001
Test Results from a Digital Communications NetworkRetail MarketingPRI Working Paper No. 6, 2008