Marketing's 60/20 Pareto law

Sharp (2019) · SSRN · Read the paper

Byron Sharp, Jenni Romaniuk and Charles Graham argue that the heaviest fifth of a brand's buyers generally contribute not much more than half of its sales, far from the proverbial 80 per cent, and that growth comes largely from light and non-buyers. The share depends on the time window used to measure it.

Byron Sharp, Jenni Romaniuk and Charles Graham argue that the heaviest fifth of a brand's buyers generally contribute not much more than half of its sales, far from the proverbial 80 per cent, and that growth comes largely from light and non-buyers. The share depends on the time window used to measure it.

Written from the abstract only; a working paper, not peer reviewed as far as this publication can find.

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SSRN working paper 3498097. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3498097. Not peer reviewed as far as we can find. Abstract only.