Location analytics for business : the research and marketing strategic advantage /

Beitz, David Z.,

Location analytics for business : the research and marketing strategic advantage / David Z. Beitz. - First edition. - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xix, 72 pages) : illustrations. - Big data and business analytics collection, .

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. How to recognize spatial problems and opportunities by becoming a "spatial thinker" -- 2. Location analytics project development -- 3. Integration with other business systems (business intelligence versus location analytics) -- 4. Mobile devices -- 5. Business location analytics applications for various industries -- 6. Top 5 retailers based on superzips study -- 7. Predictive location analytics: the PetSmart acquisition of Petco -- 8. Planned Grocery (a real estate location analytics platform) -- 9. Solar Farm Site Selection with National Land Realty -- 10. Eastdil Secured (real estate investment banking) -- 11. Dataminr (real-time information discovery) -- 12. Placed (consumer location analytics) -- 13. Esri (mapping and analytics software) -- 14. Gravitech Development (gravity modeling) -- 15. Orbital Insight (aerial analytics) -- 16. Conclusion -- About the author -- Index.

It's estimated that 80 percent of an organization's data contains spatial attributes, but many don't understand how to unlock the potential of this data for their organizations to make better decisions. You have just been handed the keys by finding this book. Readers will unlock these methods by learning about location analytics as well as taking a deep dive into the Planned Grocery platform created in part by the author. The Planned Grocery location analytics platform has been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg, and Business Insider. A sampling of clients of Planned Grocery include: Philips Edison and Company, Just Fresh, Slate Retail REIT, Wegmans, and Whole Foods. The practical information in this book is designed to prepare you to recognize and take advantage of situations where you and your organization can become more successful using location analytics. This will be accomplished by taking you through an explanation of the fundamentals of location analytics, by looking at various case studies, by learning how to identify and analyze spatial data sets, and by learning about the companies that are doing interesting work in this space.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.

9781631571435


Industrial location.

data science demographics enterprise Esri GIS location analytics opportunity surface planned grocery predictive location analytics real estate site selection

HD58 / .L633 2018