At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from October 2021.

CoreLogic

October means that it is officially spooky season, and CoreLogic breaks down the 5 most haunted cities in the U.S. Do you live in one of these spooky towns?

CoreLogic Presents: The Five Most Haunted Cities in the U.S. – CoreLogic®

SiteSeer

It’s been an interesting year for retail sales. The team at SiteSeer put together a list of winners, and losers, for retail categories for 2021 so far.

2021 Retail Category Winners and Losers (Jan-Oct 2021) (siteseer.com)

Placer.ai

The holiday season is upon us, and there are definitely reasons for optimism this year. Retail weekly visits are up and we are already hearing about sales to drive traffic in store and online. Head over to the Placer.ai blog to look at holiday shopping trends for 2021.

Holiday Trends to Watch – Placer.ai

Safegraph

If you love listening to podcasts, Safegraph has a list of the best data science podcasts to listen to. So, take a break from the latest true crime podcasts, and give these a listen. We’d argue that you can listen to them at work, it’s educational.

Best Data Science Podcasts: Analytics, Management, Visualization, and More (safegraph.com)

Intalytics

Grocery stores are in the spotlight these days, with rising demand for delivery or curbside pickup and rising costs to consumers. Many chains are looking to expand, and the Intalytics team examined the best expansion strategies in 2021.

Grocers: Successful expansion strategies | Intalytics