Using MIS (10th Edition)
Using MIS (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134606996
Author: David M. Kroenke, Randall J. Boyle
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.5UYK

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Use of knowledge about Lift for major national big-box stores:

  • Market basket analysis is used to find the pattern of items bought by the customers and predict the future purchase decisions of the customers.
  • It determines how the customers buy goods together and the seller needs to know this pattern as more cross selling opportunity can be created.
  • A lift compares products and shows the relative increase or decrease in base probability of one product when other products are purchased.
  • If one can know all the items that have a high lift then he or she can take advantage of that knowledge.
  • The store can have lucrative offers and discount on one item with the added knowledge that the probability of sale of the related item also increases by a lot.
  • The store put the items together physically or sells both the items in a combo package knowing that most likely both the items will be purchased together.

For example:

One can place a particular brands conditioner along with the same brands shampoo as a combo package knowing the probability that if a customer purchases shampoo, he or she is most likely to buy conditioner of the same brand...

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