UMD Research Details the Causal Impact of Delivery Integration on Retailer Sales Performance
Target’s 2017 $550M acquisition of Shipt enabled nationwide same-day delivery. Research by UMD’s Dresner, Park and Pan shows that directing customers to Shipt boosts platform sales, while integrating same-day and standard delivery on Target’s site increases Target’s own online sales.
QUEST Students Take First Place in Case Competition
Four University of Maryland QUEST Honors students won first place at the University of Pittsburgh’s FreeMarkets Race to the Case Supply Chain Management Competition, outperforming 11 teams in a three-round challenge combining supply chain optimization, problem-solving, and timed campus races between buildings.