Projects
Location analysis for omnichannel retail & ditribution in Brussels (PRFB Anticipate) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Beyond the retail revolution? Shopping culture and city landscape, Brussels 1830-1914. KU Leuven
This book is about the history of the Brussels shopping landscape during the nineteenth century. Although the increasing commercialization of the nineteenth-century urban landscape has long been a topos in historiography, the entirety and diversity of shopping spaces has not yet been the object of thorough research. For decades, historians of retail and shopping have mostly been concerned with ‘modern’ forms of retail, such as the ...
Retail Design Kick-off platform Hasselt University
Retail design and Experience Economy: a theoretical approach Hasselt University
The integrated urban geography of retail and logistics in the on-demand economy. University of Antwerp
(Fr)Enemies: The Impact of Manufacturer Direct-to-Consumer Channels on Retail Sales Performance KU Leuven
In a variety of sectors, manufacturers are selling their products directly to consumers over the Internet or via brand stores, offering consumers the possibility to skip traditional retail channels and purchase directly from the manufacturer. To gain a better understanding of the impact of these forms of supplier encroachment, it is important to investigate the sales consequences of manufacturer direct-to-consumer efforts on retail sales ...
Shifting Retail Operations from Reactive to Proactive using Big Data analytics KU Leuven
Despite retail being one of the key industries for employment and growth in Europe, it has yet to adopt and leverage the full potential of Big Data analytics. Several retail operations can benefit from big data analytics ranging from inventory forecasting, sales history, seasonal sale cycles and customer preferences, all the way to supplier negotiations, product selection per store according to local demographics and loyalty programs ...