Estimating a Goods Position Based on Purchase and Movement Histories in Retail Stores

Abstract

There are many types of goods in retail stores such as supermarkets. While the goods positionmay be changed by store staffs, management of goods position may be insufficient. In this study, weproposed a model for estimating goods position in retail stores through association analysis and analyzingthe staying time of customers in divided areas in the store, using customer's purchase history and movementhistory of customers. In this paper, we show some results from our experiments and point out several futureworks.