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 September 2024.

Bloomberg

The recent rate cut by the Federal Reserve is set to give a bump to commercial real estate, and lenders are already seeing bidding wars on properties.

Commercial Real Estate Activity Picks Up With Buyers, Lenders Returning – Bloomberg

Placer.ai

Fall is here and so is PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) season. Does it increase sales for the coffee chains that participate, and which states love these festive drinks more than others?

Pumpkin Spice Works its Magic Once Again – Placer.ai Blog

Carto

The Olympics might be over, but now we can look at the data. What does human mobility data look like from a busy summer in Paris?

What space-time analysis tells us about the Paris Olympics (carto.com)

NY Post

It’s the end of an era—Kmart is set to close their last full-sized store in the Unites States. While they still have some smaller stores, the once retail giant peaked at more than 2,000 stores in a pre-Amazon world.

Last full-size Kmart store in US set to close in October (nypost.com)