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 2023.

SiteSeer

The combination of NFL and data will always catch our eye. What can you learn about retail forecasting from the NFL? Turns out quite a bit.

What Retailers Can Learn from the NFL Draft About Forecasting (siteseer.com)

Placer.ai

College students are a target demographic for many companies. What are the consumer habits of Gen Z?

The Consumer Habits of College Students – Placer.ai Blog

Retail Dive

Online shopping is over, at least at homeware giant HomeGoods. Want to shop for discount housewares? Go to the store. Brick and mortar is alive and well.

HomeGoods to close online store | Retail Dive

Unearth AI

Industry newcomer Michelle Tan of Unearth AI sat down with Nasdaq to talk about what their company is doing in the GIS and data space.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/michelle-tan%3A-democratizing-geospatial-data-for-businesses

Fox Business

Refuse to go into the office? Amazon says that you will lose your job. What does this mean for remote work?

Amazon will now fire workers who refuse to return to the office three days a week | Fox Business

Forbes

Drugstore giant Rite Aid has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. While many stores will likely stay open, some may close.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/10/16/rite-aid-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/?sh=720cd87d26b0