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America is hitting the road

March 18, 2021 By Valantis Aristeidous Tags: Travel, Automotive
Miles driven US

One year after the initial lockdowns and stay at home orders across the groble, Americans are now driving a lot more, as measured by our miles driven index. More specifically, the last three weeks Advan’s miles driven index captured an increase in traffic as high as 40% nationwide compared to the...

Mattress sales are soaring, bedding manufacture's activity confirms

February 15, 2021 By Valantis Aristeidous Tags: industrials, retail
Tempur Sealy factory traffic

It’s been a year now into full or partial lockdowns, social distancing rules and work from home as a result of the COVID crisis which unequivocally forced people to spend more time into their homes and consequently to change their shopping habits - reconsidering what is essential and therefore set...

Kroger store closures in Long Beach CA, what is behind it

February 10, 2021 By Valantis Aristeidous Tags: REAL ESTATE, retail
foot traffic at Ralph

One of the most popular use cases of location data for landlords and developers is the site selection. Another more popular for Real Estate investors, Private Equity firms and retailers is monitoring of the performance of their assets/stores.

On a recent article published by Kate Gibson, Kroger,...

Carmakers are facing a new challenge: Chip Shortages

February 5, 2021 By Valantis Aristeidous Tags: Automotive, COVID-19, industrials
Ford, GM and Fiat/Chrysler

After the lockdown last spring that forced manufacturers from all sectors to halt production, auto makers now have to face another challenge: the global chip shortage due to the high demand on consumer electronics (laptops, gaming consoles, TVs etc.). The increased need for the technology devices...

Taking GameStop (GME) Back to the Fundamentals

January 27, 2021 By Grigorios Reppas Tags: GENERAL, FINANCIAL-TRENDS
GameStop

GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME) has been the focus of the investment community for the last couple days and for a justifiable reason. A lot has been written about the technicals of the trade and the various market participants, how they affect the supply and demand and drive the stock price. But we have...

Miami Hotels Saw 40% Increase in Visitors over Holiday Season

January 14, 2021 By Valantis Aristeidous Tags: Travel, hospitality, retail
Percentage change in foot traffic - hotels

Foot traffic analysis for hotels around the US showed vastly different trends over the holiday season. Compared to the first week of November, hotels in Florida saw a foot traffic uptick of 20% in the week of December 22 - 28, and up 40% in the week between Christmas and New Year, as Americans...

The Top 5 Mobility Trends for 2020

December 22, 2020 By Valantis Aristeidous Tags: GENERAL, COVID-19
Traffic to essential retailers

What a year it’s been! Few people will be sad to see it go and certainly here at Advan we are excited for what 2021 may bring.

To cap off the year, we’ve listed below what we think are 5 of the most interesting mobility trends in a year full of unexpected twists and turns. We look forward to...

Consumer Discretionary Businesses see Light at the End of the Tunnel

December 15, 2020 By Yiannis Tsiounis Tags: retail, COVID-19, Travel
Total shopping vs offline shopping

There is no question that a segment of retail has moved online this year. Offline (i.e.in-store) credit and debit card spending is down 15% year-over-year versus total spend according to transaction data from ConsumerEdge.

Foot traffic at consumer discretionary store locations is also 20% lower...

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