3 Questions Every Business Should Ask When Choosing a Location

Tetrad with Safe Software

Who’s in the room?

Michael Simon, CEO of Tetrad

Cathleen Gracey, Account Manager at Safe Software

Mark Stoakes, Support Team Manager at Safe Software — Q&A

Moderators Robyn and Stephanie

You!

Who’s in the room?

Michael Simon, CEO of Tetrad

Cathleen Gracey, Account Manager at Safe Software

Mark Stoakes, Support Team Manager at Safe Software — Q&A

Moderators Robyn and Stephanie

You! Chat where you’re tuning in from.

Poll QuestionWhich industry are you in?

What’s that platform we’re using?

FME lets you integrate virtually any data with no coding required.

It provides native support for location data, (including the complexity of GIS, CAD, and BIM), and thousands of coordinate systems.

Watch a 2-minute demo on www.safe.com

What’s that platform we’re using?

FME lets you integrate virtually any data with no coding required.

It provides native support for location data, (including the complexity of GIS, CAD, and BIM), and thousands of coordinate systems.

Watch a 2-minute demo on www.safe.com

Poll QuestionHow well do you know FME?

Take it away, Tetrad.

3 Questions Every Business Should Ask When Choosing a Location

1. Where are my customers coming from?

Geocoding appends lat/long coordinates to a database of addresses

1. Where are customers coming from?

Building Trade Areas addresses the question: How far from my stores do I need to go to capture x% of business?

2. What is my market share?

By rolling the customer data up by block group, we can calculate market penetration ( # of customers as a percentage of eligible population )

3. Where should I find new sites?

A sales forecast model can be run for 1 x 1 mile grid cells that cover an entire market

Summary

Use location and demographic data to make better-informed decisions.

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Resources

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