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When it’s smart to copy your competitor’s brand promise

When it’s smart to copy your competitor’s brand promise

Harvard Business Review, March 23, 2017

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.

Disney’s deep dive on personality research, and its potential implications for brand marketers

Disney’s deep dive on personality research, and its potential implications for brand marketers

Street Fight, April 12, 2017

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.

Can tailoring ads help brands increase customer loyalty?

Can tailoring ads help brands increase customer loyalty?

Loyalty 360, April 11, 2017

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 to introduce innovative machine learning pricing methodology at INFORMS 2017 Business Analytics Conference

Nor1 to introduce innovative machine learning pricing methodology at INFORMS 2017 Business Analytics Conference

Hospitality Net, March 23, 2017

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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AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

Computer World, December 28, 2024

A number of startups and cloud service providers are starting to offer tools for monitoring, evaluating, and correcting problems with generative AI in the hope of eliminating errors, hallucinations, and other systemic problems associated with this technology.

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Supply Chain

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Marketplace, January 2, 2025

Dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts could go on strike again in less than two weeks if they don’t reach a contract agreement with ports and shippers. Talks are set to resume next week, according to Bloomberg. The main sticking point between the two sides? Automation.

Climate