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Republic of Ireland Retail Places
23rd October 2017
Retail Places is one of our most popular datasets. We have now expanding this to Republic of Ireland.
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European Fast Fashion Sweeping the West End
17th October 2017
In my June blog, I discussed my view on the future of Oxford Street, coming to the conclusion that although it faced some challenges, it was still an attractive shopping destination that would remain strong well into the future.
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FOSS4G Boston 2017
8th September 2017
From August 13th – 19th Dennis & Kerst flew to Boston to take part in the annual FOSS4G conference – thanks GEOLYTIX!
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Public Transport Data
7th September 2017
Public transport data is fundamental to any consumer-orientated location planning project.
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The changing face of Enfield. Ditching mainstream fashion for wine tasting, a pedicure and a Cuban night
24th July 2017
I moved to Enfield 13 years ago, leaving Crouch End to take advantage of the lower house prices.
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We’ve nearly outgrown our favourite Curly Whirly cake
7th July 2017
We were delighted to welcome Agata and Dan to our growing team last month.
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Education Data 2017
20th June 2017
Currently in the UK, about 25% of the population are in education.
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The Future of Oxford Street: Strength to Strength or Fighting for Survival?
6th June 2017
London’s Oxford Street is one of the busiest shopping destinations in the world with a history stretching back well over 100 years.
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Retail Points Update - May 2017
31st May 2017
Not only has it been busy in the Geolytix office but as always in the turbulent world of food retail there having been many announcements over the past few months.
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GEOLYTIX Point of Interest Data 2017
22nd May 2017
Location planning spans a wide range of industries from retail to the public sector. Complex decisions require a multitude of inputs, and that is where Geolytix’s Point of Interest (POI) data can be used.
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Administrative Boundaries > OpenStreetMap
31st March 2017
Here at GEOLYTIX we believe that the best available administrative boundaries data should be open and easily accessible. We are a little vain in respect to our maps. Badly fitting boundaries should not be crossed out.
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We’re still telling our customers where to go – a year in the world of location planning and network strategy
30th March 2017
Whilst for many 2016 was heavily tainted by Brexit and Trump, for Geolytix it has been a year of establishing our European and Global Strategy.
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Fresh Trader: Can a wholesaler succeed on the high street?
14th March 2017
We welcome back Angela, our guest blogger, who shares her view on a different kind of grocery store…
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Birmingham New Street/Grand Central: A space fit for the 21st century
3rd March 2017
On a fleeting visit to Birmingham I had some time to explore the redeveloped area at Grand Central/ New Street station.
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Fishnets, Honeycombs and Footballs – Better spatial models with hexagonal grids.
3rd March 2017
I love the unique mathematical properties of hexagonal tiling for spatial analysis and the inherent possibility to create beautiful bi-variate hex maps.
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Bunnings first UK opening: An Aussie sausage sizzle in the snow
21st February 2017
The shake up of the UK DIY sector recently got underway in St Albans with the opening of the first UK Bunnings.
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Smiles and Giggles = Smiggle
6th February 2017
We’re excited to post our first guest blog. Angela shares her take on one of the new retailers to hit the UK…
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Happy New Year!
8th January 2017
So we have survived our first work week of 2017 – even if it was only 4 days.
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The Dining Club – IKEA
10th November 2016
“It doesn’t matter what you make, it’s the people that are the best ingredients.”
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Retail Points Update - October 2016
19th October 2016
Since the last release of Retail Points the Netto and Sainsburys joint venture trial has ended resulting in closure of all 16 stores.
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Veggie Pret – Not just for Veggie’s
14th July 2016
During the month of June Pret A Manger opened a pop-up vegetarian store – not a ‘new concept store’, they acknowledged.
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Location Planning and Data Analytics firm Geolytix win Queen’s Award for Enterprise
1st July 2016
London-based Geolytix have today won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for creating innovative spatial algorithms that help retailers profitably attract and serve customers in a complex multi-channel world.
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Open Supermarkets now known as Retail Points
5th April 2016
Today sees the release of the latest instalment of Open Supermarkets, we have now renamed this Retail Points.
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Samantha’s Week One – Back to Maps…
14th October 2015
It’s been a buzz so far! I’ve been reminded of the power of data and a map together. Once combined questions that seemed unanswerable are suddenly simple.
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Iceland Food Warehouse – Old Kent Road
23rd September 2015
It has been a hot topic in the industry for a while that the discounters are continuing to grow in popularity and share of market spend.
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Open Supermarkets – Now including Co-op Societies and Iceland
15th September 2015
With every release of the open supermarkets Geolytix aim to improve and build on the previous version.
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The air is better up here – Trampoline parks
9th September 2015
Trampoline parks seem to be taking the UK by storm, they are opening all over. So Geolytix decided to have a team afternoon at Oxygen Free Jumping in Acton.
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Good Evenings at Pret a Manger
28th August 2015
In April of this year when Pret a Manger on The Strand introduced Good Evenings it went against the definition of their name.
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Retail Places – 2015 Update
16th July 2015
If you need a product that provides an accurate retail background to support your decision making, this is it.
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Shop in shop: The Google Shop
9th June 2015
If you go down to Tottenham Court Road today you’re sure of a big surprise. Those familiar Google colours have come down to earth at the Currys PC World store.
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Open Supermarkets Locations
18th May 2015
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UK Universities
21st April 2015
With over 2.2 million students currently studying (and spending) in the UK it pays to know where they are.
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Home of Smart Shopping
24th January 2015
I’m going to be honest I never went to a Netto when they were previously around in the UK during my school years.
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Open Supermarket Locations – now includes the Co-operative Group
14th January 2015
Version 4 of open supermarkets is now available with the following notable additions to its predecessor:
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1000th Holland and Barrett store
29th October 2014
At a time when high street stores are still at risk of closure following the turbulent economic climate of recent years, what is Holland & Barrett’s secret?