by Elyse Menger | Jun 6, 2024 | Employment Data
When you think about television and movie production, you are likely to think about Hollywood, California as the center of that industry. While it’s true that Los Angeles County has the highest percentage of the national labor force in arts, entertainment and...
by Elyse Menger | May 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
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 2024. Gbbis The team at...
by Gary Menger | May 30, 2024 | Menger's Musings
By mid-morning on the Tuesday of the annual pilgrimage to ICSC Vegas, my body harshly reminds me that humans were not designed to walk for hours on concrete floors. And by mid-afternoon, driving south on I-15 towards the California state line as if the local sheriff...
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...
by Elyse Menger | May 2, 2024 | Product Sneak Peek
Each year, MRI-Simmons conducts their annual “doublebase” survey, which we use as a data source in a variety of databases but most notably in Panorama. This year with the 2024A release, not only is Panorama getting some improvements through this enhanced survey, it is...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 25, 2024 | Partner Posts
Data-Driven List Allows Users to Curate the 100 Best Places to Live with Affordability & Personalization in Mind Livability.com announces the release of its annual Top 100 Best Places to Live list, which recognizes the best small and mid-sized communities across...
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