There is no doubt that price is one of the biggest factors affecting gross margin, sales volumes and overall customer service level in any retail organization. A small adjustment in price can significantly alter consumer demand, profit, and company image; however, this effect can also work the other way around. Moreover, as you’re about to
(Part 3 of 11 of the Top 10 Data Mining Mistakes, drawn from the Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications) -John Elder (elder datamininglab com) “To a little boy with a hammer, all...
I quit my job as a Mathematical Statistician after one year and two days. I left behind great benefits, job security, and guaranteed raises entirely because I felt unfulfilled. I was bored, lacked a sense of a...
Big Data is not a singular concept but rather a label for a range of data issues. A few months ago I wrote an article about the Volume, Velocity, and Variety (and other “V’s”) of big...
In a perfect world, a retailer knows exactly how much demand they can expect, they order just enough inventory from their vendors and suppliers to completely sell it throughout their stores by the end of the given...
Last month I made the case for discussing model deployment. One of the mistakes I see organizations make related to deployment is this: after the model is deployed, there is little or no thought about that model...
Recently, Nissan Motor announced that they will release a self driving car by 2020. According to Karl Brauer of Kelley Blue Book, “The technology to create self-driving cars is already here, as sci-fi as it...
Prediction isn’t just for the stock market. Trading is just one of many ways to cash in on quantitative foresight. For mass marketing – and even presidential campaigns – it’s another story. In those areas, putting odds...
Every day’s a struggle. I’ve faced some tough challenges such as which surgery to get, how to invest for my business and even how to deal with identify theft. With so much stuff coming at me from...
(Part 2 of 11 of the Top 10 Data Mining Mistakes, drawn largely from Chapter 20 of the Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications)...
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