At work every day, we work on analytic problems that are important to retailers. Solving these problems in a better way has the potential for substantial impact.…

I like to think that I have free will.  So it was devastating to read in the April 23 Wall Street Journal that, thanks in part to…

As a long-time analytics practitioner, I am well aware of the dangers of using data without fully understanding where it comes from and how it is generated.…

A recent lunchtime conversation with a friend reminded me that data-mining/analytics/optimization opportunities are lurking everywhere. It all started innocently enough. I miscalculated the tip at lunch and…

Algorithmic ranking is on the rise. Everywhere I turn, something or the other is being ranked analytically. Ranking web pages based on relevance, pioneered by Google’s PageRank, maybe the…

As readers of this blog know, I am always on the lookout for examples of Monday Morning Analytics in action. I stumbled on an unusual and neat…

Recently, The Economist had a special report titled “Data, data everywhere“. The report examines the rapid increase in data volumes and what the implications are. The report…

Recently, the McKinsey Quarterly published a brief article titled “A marketer’s guide to behavioral economics“. The author recommends four strategies for marketers, all inspired by research in…

Bob Phillips, a legend in revenue management and pricing circles, guest-lectured to my MIT Sloan analytics class last week. It was a treat for the students to…

A recent article in the New York Times describes a dating site called OkCupid started by four Harvard math graduates and their use of analytics to help people…