It is well-established that increased product visibility to shoppers leads higher sales for retailers. In this study, we propose an optimization methodology which assigns categories and subcategories store locations sublocations maximize the overall of products shoppers. The hierarchically developed meet strategic tactical layout planning needs brick-and-mortar Layouts in both levels are optimi...

Is dishonest behavior contagious? We answer this question by studying whether corruption scandals affect the propensity of supermarket customers to steal while using a self-service checkout system. Crucially, system provides shoppers with opportunity engage in under-reporting value their shopping cart. Exploiting data from random audits on shoppers, we show that probability shopper underreporti...

This paper summarizes our experiences gained from several industrial advisory applications that were developed with the knowledge-based ADVISOR SUITE framework over the last years and gives an outlook on future extensions of the presented system. In the ‘experiences’ section of the paper, we first address aspects related to the development of such applications, such as knowledge engineering, so...