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Post-script—Retail forecasting: Research and practice

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  • Fildes, Robert
  • Kolassa, Stephan
  • Ma, Shaohui

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This note updates the 2019 review article “Retail forecasting: Research and practice” in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the substantial new research on machine-learning algorithms, when applied to retail. It offers new conclusions and challenges for both research and practice in retail demand forecasting.

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  • Fildes, Robert & Kolassa, Stephan & Ma, Shaohui, 2022. "Post-script—Retail forecasting: Research and practice," International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier, vol. 38(4), pages 1319-1324.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:intfor:v:38:y:2022:i:4:p:1319-1324
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2021.09.012
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