Gary Sankary
I am a 45 year veteran of the retail industry. My career started in the back room of my father’s shoe store. His advice to me when I went to college, “Don’t go into retail”. After 27 years in executive leadership at Target, I now work for Esri. Here, I get to survey the retail industry holistically. I evangelize location intelligence and help retailers unlock the local insights the need to better engage customers, preform local market analysis and make key decision about store and facility optimization. Everything in retail happens in a specific place for a reason. Location intelligence can help you understand that reason.
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Retail’s New Map: Why Best-in-Class Brands Are Doubling Down on Location Intelligence
The latest RSR research reveals that retailers using location data are pulling ahead, while others fall behind.
Showrooming: At a Grocer Near You.
In June, the grocery/consumer packaged goods (CPG) world was rocked by the General Mills announcement of their quarterly results.
Meet Kevin Kelley at ICSC Las Vegas
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Kevin Kelley’s insights firsthand at ICSC 2025 with Esri.
NRF 2025: The Localization and the Return of the Store
Each year in January, the National Retail Federation (NRF) kicks of their big show with 40,000 retail professionals.
Integrating Spatial Fluency in the Workforce (III)
This article shares ideas on how to achieve a spatially enabled workforce, which is a requirement for successful small and large businesses.
Spatial Fluency Drives Growth (II)
Learn how spatial fluency can reveal how critical the context of a location is to business success when strategizing growth.
New Report: Retailers vs. Consumer Package Goods Companies: A World Apart?
This report explores the ways geospatial technology is being utilized by both retailers & CPG companies and how they are different.
Spatial Fluency in the Workforce: A Critical Need for Business (I)
The competition is sharper, the markets feel smaller, and opportunities for growth feel harder and harder to find.
The State of Retail Tech
The state of retail teach and what it means for the year 2024.