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 March 2023.
CBC
Nordstrom is out in Canada, and for many retail experts, it wasn’t a shock to see why they closed. Some data on consumer expenditures and household income could have saved them a big headache and even worse, a financial blunder.
GIS Lounge
Many local governments are being asked to have a more transparent relationship with their citizens, which has been supported by technologies like geographic information systems (GIS) and other data visualization tools which allows communities to manipulate, analyze, and present data in a geographic form. Brett Lucas and Stewart Berry explore best practices.
https://www.gislounge.com/gis-for-local-government-public-safety/
Sites USA
As people head back to the office, it is no surprise that restaurants are trying to get more breakfast business. How can they use data to optimize their potential reach?
Sites USA – Breaking Down Breakfast
WSJ
The housing market is as crazy as ever, but things are leaning East in terms of demand. With home prices on the decline in the West, will people take the opportunity to move there?
America’s Housing Markets: Home Prices Fall in the West and Rise in the East – WSJ