Walmart shifts pop-tart inventory upward ahead of forecasted hurricanes because data mining of past consumer responses revealed that people demand the non-refrigerated, gooey comfort food after hurricanes.

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Ian Ayres

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from published reports it seems to be that Walmart's has done a very good job of data mining past consumer responses to hurricanes

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Ian Ayres on Super Crunchers and the Power of Data 10/22/2007EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:31:42 AM

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