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 April 2022.
Placer.ai
Tell someone that you are putting in a brick-and-mortar location, and you often get odd looks. “Can’t you sell that online?” Placer.ai founder Noam Ben-Zvi digs into what it is like to sell data in the days of the “Retail Apocalypse” and why brick-and-mortar is actually growing.
A data provider’s view on the ‘Retail Apocalypse’ – Placer.ai
Sites USA
A year ago, no one ordered dinner from an app like Doordash or UberEats and wondered if their food was actually coming from the restaurant they ordered from. Today, “ghost kitchens” are common knowledge to those that use these apps. But how does that effect commercial real estate?
Sites USA – How Are Ghost Kitchens Changing CRE
Spatial.ai
You bought Foot Traffic Data… now what? The Spatial.ai team chats through some best practices for use over on their blog.
3 Ways To Segment Foot Traffic Data (spatial.ai)
New York Times
Differential privacy is still making waves, this time in the New York Times. Take a look at their analysis of the problem (spoiler alert: they also found mermaids).
The 2020 Census Has Thousands of Errors Added on Purpose – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Social Explorer
Social Explorer founder Andrew Beveridge, along with Margo Anderson, look at the many issues plaguing the 2020 Census, including the pandemic, public perception, and issues regarding counting immigrant populations as well as the undercounting of most minority groups.
The 2020 Census: Trump, the Pandemic, and Threats to Democracy
NBC News
Work from home means that the suburbs are becoming more and more popular. Brands that started as online only are wising up to the trend, and opening stores where their customers are.
Online brands open more stores in suburbs to be closer to customers (nbcnews.com)
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