
Professor Sean Sands
Biography
Sean is Professor of Marketing and Department Chair for the Department of Management and Marketing at Swinburne University of Technology. He has previously held roles at Monash University (2008-2017) and EADA Business School, Barcelona (visiting professor, 2011-2018). He is Associate Editor at the Journal of Advertising Research, and on the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Advertising and the International Journal of Consumer Studies. In addition, he is a regular ad-hoc reviewer for premier journals (awarded Outstanding Reviewer 2020, Businiess Horizons) and supervises a number of doctoral students.
Sean's research is broadly focused on how digital and physical experience affects marketing theory and practice. He has (co-) authored more than 80 journal articles in Financial Times' Top 50 (FT50) journals such as the Journal of Consumer Research, ABDC-A* journals such as European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Retailing, and Industrial Marketing Management, and ABDC-A journals, such as the Journal of Advertising, Journal of Business Research, Psychology & Marketing, and Journal of Advertising Research, among others. His research has been recognised with multiple awards for research excellence, including at the university level (2016 - Dean's Award for Research Impact for innovations in approach and methods in measuring business investment of a major Australian retailer) and the international level (2019 - Highly Commended Article, European Journal of Marketing; 2020 - Best Paper Award, Business Horizons). Sean has also been involved in over $3 million in research grants.
Sean has deep industry consulting and advisory board experience and presents at major conferences and events like the World Retail Congress. He has spent two decades working across market research and strategy consulting in Australia and New Zealand, at firms including TNS, Chant Link & Associates, and The General Store. This experience is frequently integrated into his teaching.
Research interests
Innovation; Retail; Social Media
PhD candidate and honours supervision
Higher degrees by research
Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.
Honours
Available to supervise honours students.
Fields of Research
- Marketing Management (incl. Strategy And Customer Relations) - 350605
- Marketing Theory - 350608
Teaching areas
Innovation;Strategy;CX Design
Awards
- 2020, International, Outstanding Reviewer Award, Businiess Horizons
- 2020, International, Best Paper Award - 'How small service failures drive customer defection: Introducing the concept of microfailure’ , Business Horizons
- 2019, International, 2019 Highly Commended Award, European Journal of Marketing, Emerald Literati Award
- 2016, Other, Special Commendation, Vice Chancellor's Award for Honours Supervision, Monash University
- 2016, Other, Faculty Nominee, Vice Chancellor's Award for Research Impact, Monash University
- 2016, Other, Faculty Nominee, Vice Chancellor's Award for Honours Supervision, Monash University
- 2016, Other, Dean's Award for Research Impact, Monash University
Publications
Also published as: Sands, Sean; Sands, S.; Sands, S. J.; Sands, Sean J.; Sands, Sean James
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Recent research grants awarded
- 2021: State of MarTech Thought Leadership White Paper *; The Lumery Pty Ltd Fund Scheme
- 2020: PLACEMAKING DATA ANALYSIS *; Boorondara City Council
- 2019: Measuring shopping centre customer experience *; Prescient Research
- 2019: Proposal to support the Foundation?s review into investing in rural Australian mental health improvement *; The Paul Ramsay Foundation
- 2018: CXI Exchange Partnership Platform *; Vicinity
- 2018: CXI Exchange Partnership Platform 2018 - 2019 *; CPM Australia Pty Ltd
- 2018: CXI Exchange Partnership Platform 2018-2019 *; Melbourne Airport
- 2018: Understanding and preventing customer churn throughout life-stage changes *; Zoos Victoria
* Chief Investigator
Recent media
- 2019-11-23: Black Friday Sales - A Current Affair
- 2019-08-10: The real killer of big stores? Pressure on mid-income family budgets - The Age
- 2019-08-09: Australia’s top retailers in a ‘death spiral’, and it’s not only because of the internet - 3AW Radio
- 2019-08-05: Jim v KFC - A Current Affair
- 2019-07-12: David Jones and Country Road parent commits to reducing unproductive retail space - Inside Retail
- 2019-04-11: ‘Sneaky tactics’: Social media influencers face backlash for seeking free meals, undeclared ads - The New Daily
- 2019-02-13: What’s next for David Jones? - Inside Retail
- 2018-10-19: Kylie Jenner, Fan Bingbing show ups and downs of branding with the stars - Australian Financial Review
- 2018-09-13: Why made-to-order might not solve the fashion industryâ's problems - The Conversation
- 2018-09-04: iPhone technology becoming ‘obsolete’ in the wake of phone defect, experts say - The New Daily
- 2018-04-03: Retail poised for new technology revolutionhttps://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/retail-poised-for-new-technology-revolution-20180403-p4z7kr.html - Sydney Morning HErald
- 2018-02-16: Myer has lost sight of who its customers are - Swinburne Press Release
- 2018-01-30: One in three shoppers are engage in “showrooming”: Here’s why it’s a big opportunity for your brand - SmartCompany
- 2017-11-03: Amazon gets green light for massive discounts from ACCC chairman Rod Sims - Australian Financial Review
- 2017-09-26: Bricks-and-mortar stores still entice shoppers - The Australian
- 2017-09-04: How shopping centres are changing to fight online shopping - The Conversation
- 2017-06-23: Three in five shoppers on the hunt for stocktake sale bargains - Herald Sun
- 2017-04-26: Nothing to fear from Amazon - The New Daily
- 2016-09-03: Fashion designers setting new business trends in struggling retail market - ABC News
- 2015-07-18: High-end retail vision to restore Chapel St’s status as fashion central - Herald Sun