Category: Blog
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Tesla’s Brick-and-Mortar U-Turn
Tesla has taken consumers on a wild ride over the past three weeks, even by Tesla standards.
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Deny or Adapt – The Hard Truth About Brick and Mortar Closures
While retailers develop short-term strategies to offset poor sales, short-sightedness will guide more brick and mortar stores into bankruptcy.
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The Resurrection of Downtown Buffalo, NY Rests Outside of Traditional Retail
Cities like Buffalo, NY belong to a long list needing help revitalizing their downtown. Right now, there are more than ten prime storefronts sitting empty just on Main Street, including the recently closed CVS that spent 41 years near City Hall.
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Philz Coffee Partners with Intalytics to Expand their Unique Coffee Experience to New Communities
ANN ARBOR, MI (December 11, 2018) – Philz Coffee, a San Francisco-based coffee shop that is known for their custom blends, has selected Intalytics to serve as its predictive analytics partner for market planning solutions.
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Tough Sledding for the Department Store Industry
It’s not news that the retail industry has been, and still is, in a state of constant change. Some retailers with smaller format stores have been able to weather the changes and secure their spot in the new world of retail. However, for larger format stores, specifically department stores, it will be tough sledding.
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Bricks and Clicks Coexist – An Omnichannel Story
Companies no longer have the option to operate solely in one channel or the other. To be successful requires retailers and restaurants to identify the best consumer experiences from both channels, merging these into a single omnichannel strategy. Bricks and clicks can coexist and when in harmony, create a powerful synergy which helps retailers and…
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Weighing the Pros and Cons of Private Equity Backing for Restaurants
Recently, the role of private equity in the restaurant sector has been a hot topic. While many arguments exist for and against private equity ownership of restaurants, one main theme seems to stand out – that private equity owners with a longer-term perspective are good for the restaurant business.
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PGA Tour Superstore is winning at experiential retail
What does it take to concurrently implement a successful bricks-and-mortar and ecommerce retail strategy? PGA Tour Superstore knows how to play the game. Listen to the Retail Gets Real podcast.
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Home Depot opens hurricane command center in Atlanta
Home Depot, has been in full emergency mode this week, assisting customers in preparing their homes and businesses as Hurricane Florence approached landfall. The home improvement giant opened a command center in Atlanta, Georgia, staffed by 300-employees to minimize inventory impact to stores.
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Shopping Centers Today, ICSC, and the future of Site Selection
Dave Huntoon, Intalytics principal and co-founder, was recently interviewed in an article for Shopping Centers Today, a trade publication produced by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC.) Dave contributed expert insights based on his four decades of experience in the predictive analytics space, primarily focusing on emerging trends in data, technology, and the overall…