Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions

“The majority of returns are just regular good customers. But then there are these purchasers that buy something knowing that they’re going to return it,” Mehmet Altug, associate professor of ISOM, says an interview with MarketPlace on Zara's announcement of charging for returns. 

Eric Maribojoc, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, was interviewed by GlobeSt.com on upcoming CRE pricing trends.

Eric Maribojoc, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, discusses the pros of real estate degrees in an interview with GlobeSt.com.

Charging consumers for a return isn’t new, you’ll often see it attributed to electronic purchases. However, Mehmet Altug, associate professor of ISOM, notes in an interview with Retail Dive that “From a profitability perspective if you’re the only retailer doing that in your sector, in your industry, then you might start to face some demand issues. Customers may start to go to another retailer.”

Jerry McGinn quoted in article by Alex Gangitano and Morgan Chalfant with the Hill on use of the Defense Production Act.

Laurie A. Meamber, associate professor of marketing, was interviewed by WalletHub on Geico’s success as a company.

Did you know that between April 2019 to 2020, nearly 44 percent of all U.S. honey bee colonies were lost? Lisa Gring-Pemble, co-executive director of the Business for a Better World Center, has written an article for Global Focus on how our Honey Bee Initiative is fighting to protect our bee population.

Finance students Yiming Xie and Zihan Chen, along with Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal on which industries do best over inflationary spikes, surprisingly it is not real estate, and in fact energy/materials that outperform by a long shot.

Katherine Vargas Medina, a senior finance and management information systems student, and Lincoln Berkson, a 2022 graduate of finance and management information systems, along with Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for the CFA Institute on an in-depth analysis of the Sharpe Ratio.

The Washington Commanders maybe moving to Virginia, and George Perry, instructor of business foundations, notes, in an interview with The Washington Times, that fans could switch to rooting for the Baltimore Ravens as many may not want to commute all the way to Virginia.