by Elyse Menger | May 23, 2024 | Retail Data, Site Selection
News broke late last week that online giant Wayfair was opening it’s first brick and mortar store in the Chicago area. If we hear repeatedly that “retail is dead”, why would Wayfair take this gamble and open a physical store? Likely because they know what we know:...
by Elyse Menger | May 23, 2024 | Data Releases
When we put together a new release, one of my favorite things to do is look through the list of new variables and pick out the odd, the unique, the interesting, and think about the use cases of who needs them. Just like I do, the staff also went through the list, we...
by Elyse Menger | May 16, 2024 | Data Releases
The AGS 2024A data release is now available. Here are the highlights that you will find in the new release. Many of the AGS data are available natively at the block level. Block level output of other datasets is handled by disaggregation techniques using the AGS block...
by Elyse Menger | May 9, 2024 | Non-Resident Population
Tourism can have significant impacts on retail sales, especially those related to convenience goods and food services. Over the years, many retail models have been built that use only the demographics of local residents while ignoring entirely the impacts that...
by Elyse Menger | May 9, 2024 | Data Releases
In 2015, we released the first version of Panorama, which found its home amongst the elite geo-demographic segmentation systems. As good as Panorama 1.0 was, after nearly a decade it was due for a fresh coat of paint. Ten years ago, most of our modeling was done at...
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