Superstores and Wholesale Clubs Ahead of the Holidays
We took a closer look at visit performance across major wholesale clubs and superstores – Target, Walmart, Sam’s Club, BJ’s Wholesale, and Costco – to see what their 2024 performance and past holiday season visit patterns can tell us about what to expect this Q4 and holiday season.
Placer.ai Office Index: March 2023 Recap
Three years after COVID first began to upend traditional work patterns, many employers are trying to bring more workers back to the office. But how successful have these efforts been? With Q1 2023 behind us, we take a look at how the post-pandemic office recovery is faring across the country.
How Did Key Retail Categories Perform in Q1 2023?
Our latest Quarterly Index analyzed visit metrics for six key retail and retail services categories: Fitness, Discount & Dollar Stores, Dining, Malls, Superstores, and Grocery Stores. Read on for a taste of our findings.
Northeastern USA Grocery Dive
As the cost of groceries continues to rise, grocery stores nationwide are looking for ways to stay competitive and drive foot traffic. We take a closer look at some of the most popular grocery chains in the Northeast and see how a leading Northeastern chain is successfully remodeling locations.
Movie Theaters Storylines for 2023
Demand for out-of-home movies has seen a resurgence post-lockdowns, but how have visitor preferences and behaviors changed? Drawing on the latest location intelligence data, we uncovered the trends that are driving movie theater traffic in 2023.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet: Discounters are Evolving
The discount retail industry is growing up. The sector is reaching far wider audiences and driving some of the fastest expanding brands in retail. Today, we take a closer look at Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, a closeout bargain retailer of discontinued, surplus, or overstock items.
Leveraging Brick-and-Mortar Retail in 2023
We dive into the data to explore some of the ways that brick-and-mortar retailers are creating positive brand associations and successfully driving visits by making their stores great places to shop – and not just to buy.
America’s Evolving Work Patterns: A Deep-Dive into New York and Chicago
The rise of hybrid and remote work has left its mark on communities across the nation. We dive into the data to see how employees from different income groups in the downtowns of two major American cities – New York and Chicago – are experiencing today’s evolving workplace.
Placer.ai Mall Index March 2023
Malls have had a rocky few months, with a brief respite in January 2023 giving way to visit gaps in February as ongoing economic headwinds impacted the shopping center space. Still, there are reasons for optimism - but will mall visits return to 2022 levels? We dive into the data to find out.
Tuning Into Record Stores
Record sales are on the rise. In 2022, the sale of vinyl records in the United States grew for the seventeenth consecutive year and their sales outpaced CDs for the second year in a row. We dive into the foot traffic data to see what’s driving the current vinyl music trend.
What’s Next For Domestic Tourism?
The COVID-19 pandemic upended many aspects of travel and tourism – and the industry barely had time to recover before a rising consumer price index and budgetary concerns led some consumers to cut back on travel once again. We take a closer look at the current state of domestic travel and tourism.
It’s Showtime! Movie Theaters in the Spotlight
Our most recent white paper analyzes visitation data for three out-of-home entertainment categories – movie theaters, casinos, and “eatertainment” chains – to understand how the wider industry has changed over the past three years. Read on for a taste of our findings.
