Over the last year, the business headlines have been dominated by companies that have struggled—the restaurants, retailers, and other independent and chain businesses that have seen decreased demand or been forced to operate at reduced capacity for the majority of the past 13 months.
Topics: Smart Retail Growth, Retail Industry, Retail Site Selection, Restaurant Industry, Coronavirus, Grocery
For years, many have debated the death of shopping malls. The rise of ecommerce has been a big contributor to the struggles of brick-and-mortar retail, and many analysts and other experts have been talking about how these changes are impacting the American institution known as the shopping mall:
Topics: Retail Apocalypse, Recruiting Shopping Center Tenants, Retail Industry, Landlord Rep Brokers & Owners Industry, Tenant Rep Brokers & Developers Industry, Coronavirus
As we near the end of the year, there is a glimmer of hope: the COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in many states across the country and there is finally, after months of discussion, a distribution plan in place to get citizens vaccinated as soon as possible.
Topics: Retail Data Analysis, Data Study, Coronavirus
It has been a long time coming, but it’s finally here: the end of 2020 and the strangest and perhaps most difficult year for many in the retail industry.
Topics: Retail Trade Area, Retail Industry, Retail Site Selection, Coronavirus
There continue to be many widespread impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, and one we’ve been talking about a lot lately both here on the SiteSeer blog and with our clients is population migration.
Topics: Retail Data Analysis, Data Study, Population Study, Retail Industry, Coronavirus
If you’ve followed the SiteSeer blog for any amount of time, you know that at SiteSeer, we believe in blending art with science when making market and site decisions. A retailer or other business simply cannot expect that they’ll have wild success by throwing a dart at a map to choose their next location, nor can they pick locations based solely on what their forecasting models and site selection software tell them will be winners.
Topics: Retail Data Analysis, Data Study, Data Partner, Coronavirus
You’ve probably seen the headlines lately regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Census operations.
Topics: Retail Data Analysis, Data Partner, Data Quality, Coronavirus
At the end of March 2020, the world of retail was struggling in ways it has never struggled before.
Topics: Smart Retail Growth, Omnichannel Retail, Bricks and Mortar Retail, Retail Industry, Coronavirus, Grocery
If you’ve been following along, you know that during the months of April and May, SiteSeer was reporting weekly unemployment claims as a percentage in major metropolitan and micropolitan areas across the country. (Read our updates from 4/29, and for the weeks ended 4/27, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, and our 6/26 update).
Topics: Retail Data Analysis, Data Study, Retail Site Selection, Site Selection Software, Coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed just about every business, and while some are struggling because their target customers have different needs and buying habits now – whether by choice or due to government mandates, others are experiencing inflated sales because the product or service they provide has become more important to buyers than ever before (we’re looking at you, grocery stores).
Topics: Retail Industry, Restaurant Industry, Customer Analysis, Coronavirus
