Retail

The fast fine dining trend includes quick, upscale meal like this salmon and asparagus dish

Locating the Market for a Hot Restaurant Trend

A map of the U.S. draped in a \'Come in, we\'re open\' sign indicates the effectiveness of market analysis in a national business expansion.

From Local to National: The Growth of an Upstart Business

Designer handbags like these may be involved in the shopping practice called daigou.

A Luxury Shopping Trend with a Geographic Wrinkle

Retail crime represented by a security camera at a store

Fast Four: Addressing Retail Crime

A JLL dashboard reveals real estate options

JLL Delivers Location Intelligence to Thousands of Employees

Could empty office space like this spur the trend of competitive socializing?

Community Trends Hold the Key to Repurposing Empty Office Space

A 3D rendering represents a retail digital twin for store planning

Digital Twins and the Store of the Future

A blue recycling bin symbolizes new life for product returns

The Hazards of Easy Product Returns

A line of shopping carts signifies the retail industry, where in-store technology is booming

Innovating How We Shop—City by City

A rural revival symbolized in this small-town downtown

Seniors Fuel Pockets of Rural Revival

Grocery freezer cases represent consumer buying behavior

Inflation—And the Geography of Shopping Habits

A locked pink shipping container

The Art and Science of Securing Goods from Manufacturing to Point of Sale

An office with couches and two workers could be a candidate for adaptive reuse

As Office Occupancy Falls, Adaptive Reuse Drives Real Estate

The practice of GeoAI represented by a map of locations and routes

Think Tank: GeoAI Reveals a Glimpse of the Future

A world map with dots representing product available in select locations

What’s behind the Phrase “Available in Select Locations”?

Office grocery deliveries change food shopping

Delivery Innovation: Groceries at the Office

Consumer preferences seem to be shifting to meatless meals like this

Tracking Meatless Menus and Other Trends

Identifying business opportunities in cities like this requires location intelligence

Spotting New Business Opportunities in Consumer Data

Vending machines get smarter, more creative

Coming to a Corner Near You: Data-Savvy Vending Machines

A world map of cryptocurrency

Which Countries Use Cryptocurrency Most?

DICK’s Sporting Goods store

DICK’s Sporting Goods Strengthens Omnichannel through Brick and Mortar Planning

Family Video offered rows of movie rentals like this

How Stores Can Thrive—By Learning from Failure

A drop in business travel produces empty airports like this one

Massive Drop in Business Travel Could Be Permanent

Dark stores like this one could be the future of retail

NextTech: Finding the Best Locations for Dark Stores

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