Since 2015, Retail industry has been suffering from the so-called Retail Apocalypse, a crisis that consists in the closure of many points of sales and the bankruptcy of large established chains. This phenomenon originated in the United States and now is spreading rapidly in Europe. Which are the factors behind it? Are they country-related, or are they due to some specific sectors or to peculiar characteristics of the players? Is eCommerce the main responsible of the crisis? The objective of this thesis is to identify the drivers that are influencing Retailers' performances and the Impacts that they are generating. For this reason, an extensive Literature Analysis was conducted to identify and select the most relevant variables. Afterwards, a cross-sectional Dataset was built, made of Retailers of different Sectors from the main European countries and from the United States, analysed from multifaceted perspectives.Data were explored andexaminedin order to understand the most important relationships between them, indeed two multiple linear regression models were developed to discern the root causes of the stores closure and of the success of those Retailers who are navigating through the crisis. Ultimately, this study led to the generation of a Model which first outlines the main Decision Dimensions a Retailer should consider in developing its strategy and then frameworks the Business Guidelines and the Roadmap for successful transition to the future of Retailing.
A partire dal 2015, il settore Retail ha sofferto l’avvento della cosiddetta “Retail Apocalypse”, una crisi che si sta manifestando attraverso la chiusura di molti punti vendita e la bancarotta di grandi catene affermate. Questo fenomeno ha avuto origine negli Stati Uniti e si è poi rapidamente diffuso anche in Europa. Quali sono i fattori che lo hanno generato? Sono legati alle condizioni delle singole nazioni, o connessi a specifici settori, o a caratteristiche peculiari di alcune aziende del mondo della grande distribuzione organizzata? Si può ritenere l’eCommerce il principale responsabile della crisi? L’obiettivo di questa tesi è quello di individuare gli elementi chiave che stanno influenzando le aziende e gli effetti che stanno generando. A tal fine è stata condotta un’esauriente analisi della letteratura che ha permesso di identificare e selezionare le variabili più rilevanti. Successivamente, è stato creato un dataset di tipo cross-sectional composto da Retailer con sede principali nazioni europee e negli Stati Uniti, provenienti da settori differenti e analizzati da molteplici prospettive. I dati sono stati esplorati e analizzati per comprenderne le relazioni più importanti, e sono stati sviluppati due modelli di regressione lineare multipla per discernere le cause alla radice delle chiusure e del successo di quei Retailer che invece stanno sopravvivendo alla crisi. In conclusione, questo studio ha portato alla generazione di un modello che innanzitutto delinea le principali dimensioni decisionali che un Retailer dovrebbe considerare nello sviluppare la sua strategia e, successivamente, presenta delle linee guida e una mappa per la transizione verso il futuro del Retail.
Beyond the retail apocalypse : data-driven modelling based on an econometric analysis of industry's drivers and trends
Mazzesi, Lidia Giulia;Oneto, Mattia
2019/2020
Abstract
Since 2015, Retail industry has been suffering from the so-called Retail Apocalypse, a crisis that consists in the closure of many points of sales and the bankruptcy of large established chains. This phenomenon originated in the United States and now is spreading rapidly in Europe. Which are the factors behind it? Are they country-related, or are they due to some specific sectors or to peculiar characteristics of the players? Is eCommerce the main responsible of the crisis? The objective of this thesis is to identify the drivers that are influencing Retailers' performances and the Impacts that they are generating. For this reason, an extensive Literature Analysis was conducted to identify and select the most relevant variables. Afterwards, a cross-sectional Dataset was built, made of Retailers of different Sectors from the main European countries and from the United States, analysed from multifaceted perspectives.Data were explored andexaminedin order to understand the most important relationships between them, indeed two multiple linear regression models were developed to discern the root causes of the stores closure and of the success of those Retailers who are navigating through the crisis. Ultimately, this study led to the generation of a Model which first outlines the main Decision Dimensions a Retailer should consider in developing its strategy and then frameworks the Business Guidelines and the Roadmap for successful transition to the future of Retailing.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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