SERIES: RETAIL TRENDS THAT ACCELERATED DURING THE PANDEMIC Hyperlocal is hot Hyperlocal shopping and services have gotten a tremendous boost during the pandemic. Ever more people are favoring to visit neighborhood stores and order products for immediate delivery. …

SERIES: RETAIL TRENDS THAT ACCELERATED DURING THE PANDEMIC #2 — Ghost Kitchens The pandemic has forced restaurants and bars in Europe to close their doors for months on end. Only recently have they been allowed to serve customers again. The only way to keep cooking and serving during the lockdown was to deliver meals…

SERIES: RETAIL TRENDS THAT ACCELERATED DURING THE PANDEMIC #1 — Grocery Delivery The pandemic has hit few other industries as hard as retail and out-of-home dining and drinking. Stores, restaurants and bars had to close virtually overnight and were only allowed to reopen, if at all, under tight restrictions. To cope with this situation…

The German capital has placed its vaccination centers at central sites in the city. We wanted to know how easily people aged 65 and up would be able to reach these locations. …

We’ve released a major update of our location analytics platform TargomoLOOP: Businesses can now examine whether a new branch would cannibalize the catchment areas of existing locations. They can also see how rival locations could affect the potential customer base of own branches in the same area. In the retail…

Businesses looking for the best locations can now very quickly identify which sites best match their specific requirements. In location analytics platform TargomoLOOP they can rank locations by assigning weights to criteria most relevant to them. Each business needs a specific area to thrive. For some stores, households with children…

Location intelligence specialist Targomo helps Leipzig’s Health Department to easily schedule multiple home visits to check whether people are in good health and comply with COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. The German city built its own routing tool, using Targomo’s technology. Like many other municipalities dealing with the pandemic, the German city…

Targomo’s location analytics platform now includes e-bikes as a travel mode to improve the analysis of catchment areas. It enables businesses to better estimate the potential customer base and reach of their locations. With the rise of electric bicycles used by people and businesses, the inclusion of this transportation mode…

Targomo has added two features — location ranking and correlation analysis — to its location analytics platform TargomoLOOP, making it easy to shortlist the best locations and find likely success factors. Furthermore, users can access more data and analytics options with a new pro plan. The ranking feature helps users…