Workshop on Retailing Analytics
Prof. Venkatesh Shankar
Coleman Chair Professor in Marketing, Director of Research, Center for Retailing Studies, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, USA
Venkatesh (Venky) Shankar is Professor of Marketing and Ford Chair in Marketing & E-Commerce and Director of Research at the Center for Retailing Studies, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. His areas of specialization include Digital Business, Marketing Strategy, Innovation, New Product Management, Retailing, Services Marketing, Pricing, International Marketing, Branding, Mobile Marketing, and Artificial Intelligence. Shankar has a Ph.D. in marketing from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University and has corporate experience in the areas of marketing and international business development. He has worked in diverse countries.
He has been recognized as one among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds, as one among the Top 1% of Marketing Scientists, as a Top 10 Innovation Scholar, and as a Top Retail Influencer. He is a winner of the 2022 Margaret Blair Award for Marketing Accountability, 2017 AMS/Cutco Vector Outstanding Marketing Educator Award, 2015 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2013 Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2013-2014 Retailing Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012 Vijay Mahajan Award for Lifetime Contributions to Marketing Strategy, 2006 Robert Clarke Award for the Outstanding Direct and Interactive Marketing Educator, 2014 EMAC-IJRM Steenkamp Award for the article with long-term marketing impact, 2014 Best Services Article Award from American Marketing Association (AMA), 2001 IBM Faculty Partnership Award, the 1999 Paul Green Award for the Best Article in Journal of Marketing Research, the 2000 Don Lehmann Award for the Best Dissertation-based Article in an AMA journal, and the 2008 Sheth Award for the best paper in the Journal of Academy of Marketing Science.