At the end of each month, the AGS team takes a look 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 June 2021.

SiteSeer

The team at SiteSeer examine the issues surrounding staffing at retail stores in a post COVID-19 world, especially for those opening new locations.

Staffing Realties of Opening New Stores in a COVID-19 Environment (siteseer.com)

Placer.ai

Shopped Amazon Prime Day? Us too. The team at Placer.ai looked at the impact that Amazon Prime Day had on brick-and-mortar retailers.

Prime Day 2021 – Offline Impact – Placer.ai

EMSI

The US is suffering the beginning stages of a sansdemic: a lack of people to do all the work that needs to be done. EMSI wrote an eBook all about the workforce data of past, present and future.

The Demographic Drought – Emsi (economicmodeling.comn)

Size Up

As more people shift to working from home permanently, the suburbs are thriving. Suburban economic development is on the rise, and Size Up has tips and tricks for those looking to grow in the ‘burbs.

The New Trend in Suburban Economic Development is Long Term – SizeUp

Rebeckah Flowers from Directions Magazine

The ethics of geospatial data have long been discussed, but is the debate officially over? Rebeckah Flowers examines this question in an article on LinkedIn.

Is the debate over the ethical use of geospatial data dead? | LinkedIn