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A new INFORMS journal of Marketing Science study explores the hidden risks of businesses face when combining price discounts with large charity donations.
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A new INFORMS journal of Marketing Science study explores the hidden risks of businesses face when combining price discounts with large charity donations.
Marketers know they should keep their messages simple if they want to cut through the noise and reach customers. The key question is then: Of your product’s attributes, which one should you focus on? New research in the INFORMS journal of Marketing Science suggests that companies may want to emphasize the same attribute that their rivals do.
A few of Mickey Mouse’s pals within a division of The Walt Disney Company have been working on a method to better target marketing by learning more about consumers’ personalities. Research scientist Maarten Bos has worked on ways to better understand audience personality and how ads can be tailored to them based on the images used, a topic he presented on at the recent 2017 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference.
Maarten Bos, a research scientist at Disney Research, helped conducted studies - which were the topic of his presentation at the 2017 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference - about tailoring ads that are both appealing and effective. Personality types vary, which suggests that tailored advertisements may be appealing and effective. In a series of studies, Bos helped investigated both the image preferences of individuals as well as responses to a personality questionnaire.
Nor1's Vice President, Technology, Kirby Bosch and Senior Vice President, Global Gaming, Pavan Kapur will illustrate this leading-edge approach during their presentation "Practical Approaches Using Customer Web Behavior to Maximize Hospitality and Gaming Revenue" at the INFORMS 2017 Business Analytics Conference, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. This informative session will focus on the business opportunity for individualized pricing as well as the technology stack needed to put the practice into production. It will also highlight the use of machine learning algorithms to calculate consumer price elasticity in real time to boost hotel room revenue.
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