Retailers beware. Some tried-and-true discounting tactics for pepping up holiday season sales can be a boon for some products -- but a bust for others.

A new study finds that options-based ticketing -- in which consumers purchase the right to buy a ticket, but not the obligation to do so -- would increase participation at events like the Final Four by as much as 35 percent among fans who previously avoided the ticketing process.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has invited several world-class alumni back to share insights with students and other alumni about working with some of America's most popular brands. The third Brand Leadership Conference will be held Sept. 18-19 at IU Bloomington.

The Indiana University Research & Technology Corp.'s board of directors has chosen IU Executive Director for Engagement Tony Armstrong as its new president and CEO. Armstrong won't need much time to adjust to the role -- he's helmed the IURTC and its business incubator, the IU Emerging Technologies Center, on an interim basis since early April.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has invited several alumni back to share insights with students and other alumni about working with some of America's most popular brands. The second Brand Leadership Conference, to be held Sept. 20-21 at IU Bloomington, will feature Kelley School alumni who are or have been in senior-level positions at companies such as PepsiCo, Dollar General, General Mills and Hanesbrands.

Brad Alford, a 1980 alumnus of the IU Kelley School of Business Master of Business Administration program, and chairman and chief executive officer of Nestlé Brands USA, is responsible for a $750,000 gift that will establish the Nestlé Professorship and Fellowship in Marketing.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has invited several alumni back to share insights with students and other alumni about working with some of America's most popular brands. The first Brand Leadership Conference on Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at IU Bloomington will feature alumni who are now in senior-level positions at companies such as Procter & Gamble, Eli Lilly, OnStar, Staples and Domino's Pizza.

Four Indianapolis businesses will tout their best products and services before a panel of potential investors on Tuesday (Jan. 17) at the Indiana Future Fund Entrepreneurial Forum. The forum is sponsored by BioCrossroads, with support from Indiana Future Fund professional management firm Credit Suisse.

The Procter & Gamble Co., which is changing how it markets to its own consumer products audiences while taking advantage of the evolving media landscape, is applying the same updated marketing approach to how it recruits technology-savvy first-year MBA interns at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

The Indiana University Research & Technology Corporation has created the Indiana S4 Initiative, a statewide program that will aid small technology businesses seeking federal SBIR and STTR program funding.

This tip sheet highlights expertise and research at Indiana University on business and economic issues and includes a calendar of upcoming major economic events.

Retailers slash prices on popular products and spend millions of dollars on advertising to draw consumers into their stores this coming "Black Friday" and throughout the holiday season. But how do shoppers behave once they're inside the store? According to a new IU Kelley School of Business study, they often walk out without making a purchase.

This tip sheet highlights expertise and research at Indiana University on business and economic issues and includes a calendar of upcoming major economic events.

According to a new retail outlook released today (Nov. 1) by IU's Kelley School of Business, fourth quarter sales at traditional department stores are expected to be robust, increasing by 4.9 percent over the same period in 2003.

The Indiana University Research & Technology Corporation will receive two grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to bolster small business development throughout the state.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business moved up to 18th in biennial rankings of master of business administration programs by Business Week, one of the nation's oldest magazines dedicated to the coverage of finance and industry.

Bloomington Brands, a program in IU's Kelley School of Business, offers MBA students a new form of experiential learning by making them responsible for every aspect of marketing a real, $12 million brand. Scotts Co. essentially has outsourced the brand management responsibility for one of their products to these Kelley School students.

The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University again has been recognized in new rankings released by two national publications.

Indiana University's agent for science and technology transfer and business development has a new name -- the IU Research & Technology Corporation, or IURTC. CEO and President Mark Long says he expects IURTC (formerly IU ARTI) to set a new license revenue record for itself in FY 2004: $8.8 million. IURTC reported $5.4 million in license revenue the previous year.

Bloomington now has its own business incubator dedicated to the life sciences and information technology. Inventure, a 4,000-square-foot facility located in the Indiana University Research Park, was created through a partnership between IU, the Indiana Small Business Development Center, the City of Bloomington, the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. and the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce.