In today’s competitive market, no matter what kind of business you are, understanding your market is critical to your success. We’ve seen this scenario often: business concepts that did well with one area decides to franchise the concept regionally or nationally to any franchisee that meets their requirements.
Topics: Franchise & Services Industry, Retail Site Selection, Site Selection Software, Site Selection Analysis, ATOM
Forecasting for a New Location? Keep These Eight Things in Mind
Topics: Retail Data Analysis, Market Research, Retail Site Selection, Site Selection Software, Analyzing Retail Sites, Data Quality, Site Selection Criteria, Sales Forecasting
Expanding Your Chain Without Adding Stores? Look to Kroger as a Model
If you’re in the grocery industry or you pay attention to industry news, you’ve probably heard: the largest supermarket chain the country, Kroger, is expanding into Florida. But…they intend to do so without opening a single store in the Sunshine State.
Topics: Omnichannel Retail, Bricks and Mortar Retail, Retail Site Selection, Analytics Solution, Grocery
If you’re a restaurant chain or real estate professional representing a chain that is expanding in the United States, you should be using Restaurant Trends. This data provider is one of a kind, offering competitor store-level sales data for over 480 restaurant chains across the United States, which they have tracked since 1984. They track all of the major quick-service, fast casual, and full-service restaurants in every state in the U.S.—that’s more than 184,000 locations.
Topics: Data Partner, Site Selection Software, Restaurant Industry, Data Quality, Restaurant Site Selection
How Delivery Might Impact Your Grocery Chain’s Site Selection Process
If you’re in the grocery industry, you’ve certainly seen a lot of change in the last few years. Once upon a time, shopping for groceries was a largely in-person activity. Customers would walk or drive to their nearest grocery store, buy what they need, return home, and repeat.
2021 Retail Category Winners and Losers (Jan-Oct 2021)
Back in February 2021, we wanted to take a look at the year 2020 and figure out what retail categories did well (grew) and which ones struggled (shrunk). The year started off as many years do and then when the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a global pandemic on March 11th, life as we all know it changed forever.
Topics: Smart Retail Growth, Data Study, Retail Site Selection, Site Selection Software
Finding Tenants for Your Shopping Centers During a Pandemic
Topics: Recruiting Shopping Center Tenants, Real Estate Analytics Tool, Building New Locations, Void Analysis, Commercial Real Estate Analysis Software
If you’ve ever requested custom analytics from the SiteSeer professional services team, chances are you’ve received something created by Kay, our director of solution development. Kay is tasked with helping clients get the most out of the SiteSeer platform, which sometimes involves market research services or creating surveys—or something else entirely.
Topics: Retail Site Selection, Site Selection Software, cre mapping tools, Site Selection Criteria, Employee Spotlight
We’re always working to make SiteSeer the best it can be, and we’re excited to announce a few new features in the platform. These upgrades and enhancements are intended to make SiteSeer easier to use, more intuitive and better overall. Let’s take a look at what’s new and improved in SiteSeer Pro.
15 Fastest-Growing Metro and Micropolitan Areas (4/20 to 4/21)
There’s no question that the year 2020 threw us all for a loop, but 2021 has certainly been tumultuous too. As it relates to population, the data is clear: people are moving around, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.