Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Census bureau finally released the repeatedly delayed Demographic Profile and Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC). Within hours of the release, our LinkedIn feeds were littered with maps and short commentaries, most without any acknowledgement that...

Using segmentation in branch analysis

A common practice in financial services and retail is branch analysis. The aim is to understand the profile of customers using that branch; also, the profile of the “market”, i.e., trade area of the branch, to assess potential and prospecting opportunities. The case...

May Round Up

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 May 2023. Michelle Tan Real...

2023 Car Market Demographics

If you are in the market for a car, or have been in the last few years, you know that buying or leasing a vehicle these days comes at a steep cost. In fact, new car prices are up 24% since the start of the pandemic. What does that mean? We are holding onto our cars...