Center for Retail Innovation and Strategy Excellence (RISE)

The Dallas-Fort Worth region is home to dozens of national and global consumer brands and enterprise retailers. The scope of retail industry knowledge and experience is vast. The Center for Retail Innovation and Strategy Excellence (RISE) seeks to be the global educational leader in innovation through technological knowledge and strategy for the retail industry. We represent the “STEM side of Retail. ™”

RISE is partnering with current and former retail industry leaders for collaborative research, education and practice initiatives. Furthermore, RISE serves as a hub of engagement for the DFW Regional retail industry and the Jindal School faculty and students by facilitating industry-funded research projects, retail-related research with leading-edge faculty, lecture series, capstone projects for both graduate and undergraduate classes, case study competitions and internships.