Center for Retail Transformation

Mehmet Altug, associate professor of operations management and director of the Center for Retail Transformation, comments about Amazon entering the grocery business for the Seattle Times.

Mehmet Altug, director of the Center for Retail Transformation and associate information systems and operations management professor, was interviewed by Modern Retail in an article about how same-day delivery apps play into retailers' holiday sales strategies. 

Mehmet Altug, director of the Center for Retail Transformation and associate information systems and operations management professor, was interviewed in a CX Dive piece about retail return policies.

Fairfax City mayor and George Mason University alumna Catherine S. Read (BA ’84) and George Mason University School of Business Dean Ajay Vinzé will sign a partnership agreement on October 2 aimed at promoting economic growth in the city while giving students access to experiential learning opportunities that will benefit local businesses and students. 

This report from George Mason University's Center for Retail Transformation builds a profile of the U.S. retail consumer; projecting spending behavior, and identifying the reasons consumers select in-store or online shopping experiences.

On Thursday, April 20, the Center for Retail Transformation at George Mason University School of Business will hold a half-day virtual summit titled “Driving Value in Constrained Times.”

Gautham Vadakkepatt, associate professor of marketing and director of the Center for Retail Transformation was named a Top Retail Influencer for 2023 by RetinkRetail. The list is comprised of retail experts, consultants, analysts, academics, journalists, and thought leaders who are making an impact in retail in 2023.

The Center for Retail Transformation at George Mason University School of Business recently hosted a webinar for students and community members on how to build and grow your personal brand on social media, featuring social media expert and Forbes contributor Natalie Zfat.

“Macroeconomic factors like waning consumer demand and absorbed spending pullback is probably going to have an impact on all of retail, and amongst the retail sectors, I think apparel is going to be one of the sectors that is going to get hit the hardest,” said Gautham Vadakkepatt, director of the Center for Retail Transformation and associate professor of marketing, in an interview with Bisnow.

How Kroger and Albertson's will mesh their approaches to automation is just one of many technology-related questions the grocery chains will need to resolve as they look to merge, according to Gautham Vadakkepatt, director of the Center for Retail Transformation, in an interview with Grocery Dive.