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 2025.
Retail Dive
With the rise of “BookTok”, Barnes and Noble plans to open more than 60 stores this year, the most amount of new stores in a single year since the late 2000’s. Barnes and Noble has made shopping in store fun again, bringing in book signings and book release parties.
Barnes & Noble plans to open over 60 stores in 2025 | Retail Dive
CARTO
This Earth Day, the team at CARTO has compiled maps that show the power of spatial analytics to create a positive environmental impact. Take a look at the maps on the CARTO site.
Maps with a Mission: Environmental Impact with Spatial Analytics
Cotality (CoreLogic)
During the pandemic, Florida surged in population. Today, high homeowners’ insurance rates and high home prices are making some Floridians relocate. Cotality has a white paper all about the growth crisis in Florida.
Florida’s growth crisis: paradise under pressure | Cotality
Kalibrate
If you are a small tenant within a mall, you might be looking around and seeing some of the anchor tenants close. What do you do next? Kalibrate has some ideas.