Andrea Handal has been honored as the Kathleen Brown Retail Student of the Year for 2024-25. Driven by a passion for retail, she chose to major in marketing with a minor in retail, while also working toward a combined MS-Marketing
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Discount stores dot the city. Does Gainesville still need them?
Low-cost retailers, much like their most frequent customers, have fallen on hard times. Assistant Professor of Marketing Tianxin Zou and David F. Miller Retail Center Director Joel Davis share insights in this story from The Independent Florida Alligator.

What is AI? with Joel Davis
What is Artificial Intelligence? Dr. Joel Davis, Clinical Professor and Director of the David F. Miller Retail Center, walks us through the definition of AI at UF and explains some common sub-fields of AI.

New Case Study | Minespider: Building Responsible Battery Supply Chains with Blockchain
Clinical Assistant Professor Michael Carrillo and Clinical Professor and Director of the David F. Miller Retail Center Joel Davis collaborated on a new case study available through Ivey Publishing, one of the most prominent case publishers. The case focuses on

A Costco desert: Gainesville residents pine for Kirkland Signature
David F. Miller Retail Center Executive Director and Clinical Professor Joel Davis comments on the possible economic reasons why Costco hasn’t opened a location in Gainesville. “I think that the economics of Gainesville does present a bit of a challenge

You’re not imagining it: Here’s why Halloween stuff is out earlier each year
It’s a hot summer day. You head to the store to grab a few items; maybe groceries, maybe a few things you need for that home project. You walk through the doors into the much-needed air conditioning and then you

Joel Davis named Executive Director of Miller Retail Center
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Joel Davis has been tapped to lead the David F. Miller Retail Center at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business. Davis first came to Warrington as an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Marketing
New Betsy Goodman Retail Scholarship continues the legacy of 19-year Warrington retail educator
Betsy Goodman knew how to light up a room. With her infectious smile, she radiated positivity. Ask anyone who knew Goodman, and they’ll describe the Warrington retail educator who passed in early November in the same way. Even when the
Are store brands just as good?
When Woochoel Shin was a graduate student with a tight budget, he purchased store brands over name-brand products. He’s now the JCPenney Professor of Marketing in the Warrington College of Business, but Shin continues to purchase store brand products after
College mourns loss of retail executive David Miller
David F. Miller, Sr., a proud Warrington alumnus and namesake of the David F. Miller Retailing Education and Research Center, passed away Nov. 19. He was 86 years old. Miller (BSBA ’51) enjoyed a brilliant 37-year career at JC Penney,