BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
N1 City South Africa POI AnalysisMonday, December 27, 2021 Footfall analytics and POI characterization through Big Data are being used by different business sectors in order to make smarter business decisions and thereby maximize their revenues and optimize their costs. Case Study: POI analysis of N1 City in Cape Town, South Africa
CASE STUDY
How to use Location Analytics in the Fast-food business?Thursday, December 16, 2021 Identifying mobility patterns and classifying consumers within a point of sale or areas of interest helps large retail fast fo measure foot traffic in and out of their stores while understanding the behavioral patterns of their consumers. The correlation between location and footfall analytics, visits, sales, and the success of retail fast-food franchises have been studied and proven, so the development of this type of analysis has become a priority in the site selection process and expansion strategies.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Footfall analytics: Woolworths Food Vs. Shoprite South AfricaWednesday, November 24, 2021 Identifying mobility patterns and classifying consumers within a point of sale or areas of interest helps large retail supermarkets measure foot traffic in and out of their stores while understanding the behavioral patterns of their consumers. The correlation between foot traffic, visits, sales, and the success of retail supermarkets has been studied and proven, so the development of this type of analysis has become a priority in the site selection process and expansion modeling.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Footfall analytics: Costco Wholesale Vs. Sam's ClubThursday, October 21, 2021 Big Data technological tools and spatial data play a very important role in business by measuring footfall and helping to understand consumer behavior patterns in any given area of interest or point of sale. Footfall analytics, location intelligence and point-of-interest categorization have revolutionized the way the retail and wholesale industries implement expansion, commercial and operational strategies in the franchised warehouse clubs.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
$14 Million in Airport Cleaning Services in PanamaTuesday, September 14, 2021 Panama requires specialized cleaning and sanitation services for Terminal 1, 2 and Cargo Terminal, annex buildings and surrounding areas of Tocumen International Airport for a 36-month period. Panama Government Purchase 2021-2-02-0-08-LV-010013: Food Delivery: DiDi will Compete in Costa RicaTuesday, May 25, 2021 The Chinese platform announced that it will start providing food delivery services from restaurants, an option that will initially be offered to customers located in the Greater Metropolitan Area. The company will compete in the Costa Rican market with the DiDi Food brand, an application that is currently in the affiliation phase for restaurants and delivery companies interested in collaborating with the platform.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Tender for Cloud Platform ServicesThursday, May 20, 2021 The Honduran Institute of Social Security tenders the services of an enterprise-level cloud technology platform Amazon Web Service, for a one-year term. Government of Honduras Purchase LPN-010-2021: Delivery: Salvadoran App ExpandsMonday, May 10, 2021 Get My Food, a digital platform of Salvadoran origin dedicated to providing home delivery services, announced that it will start operations in 10 new areas that are distributed in three countries in the region. Company executives informed that in the new expansion stage they will start offering their services in Lourdes, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Soyapango and Ilopango, in El Salvador. Panama Canal Rating DowngradeMonday, March 22, 2021 Due to the deterioration of fiscal indicators resulting from the severe economic impact of the pandemic, Moody's downgraded the Panama Canal Authority's senior unsecured debt rating from A1 to A2. Given that the A2 rating is three notches above Panama's Baa2 sovereign rating, a rating upgrade is unlikely in the near term. An upgrade would require the ACP to continue to strengthen independently and Panama's sovereign rating to be upgraded, the rating agency said. Fast Food: Expansion Plans RedesignedFriday, February 26, 2021 Relocating existing restaurants, strengthening the digital sales channel and identifying the areas where consumers are currently concentrated in order to choose the location of new stores are some of the strategies of the chains when executing their expansion plans. As a result of the covid-19 outbreak, several expansion projects were affected, which must now reinvent themselves and adapt to the new commercial reality, in which consumers have different lifestyles. Cloud Services: New Service CenterFriday, February 26, 2021 Amazon Web Services announced that it will open an office in San Jose, Costa Rica, dedicated to supporting the cloud computing adoption process for organizations of all sizes, from startups to some of the oldest and most established companies. The new office will establish a local group of account executives, solution architects, partner managers, support staff and other functions for customers to engage directly with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in their local environment and language, reported the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde).
MARKET TRENDS
Fast Food: Rises and Falls in Central AmericaMonday, February 22, 2021 In the last quarter of 2020 and in January 2021 in Panama, Honduras and El Salvador interest in fast food reported a clear rebound, contrary to the situation in Guatemala, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, markets where Internet searches decreased. Through a system that monitors in real time changes in consumer interests and preferences in Central American countries, developed by CentralAmericaData, it is possible to project short and long term demand trends for the different products, services, sectors and markets operating in the region. Issuance of Driver's Licenses: Maycom Wins TenderFriday, February 19, 2021 In Guatemala, the company Mayoreo de Computación S.A. was once again selected by the authorities and will be in charge of providing the service of issuing driver's licenses for an 84-month term. According to the awarding minutes, which were published in the Guatecompras.gob.gt portal on February 18, for the public tender in question the German company Mühlbauer Id Services GMBH submitted a proposal amounting to $97.7 million and that of Mayoreo de Computación S.A. (Maycom) to $94.7 million. (Maycom) for $94.3 million. Risk Rating: Negative Outlook for El SalvadorMonday, February 8, 2021 Moody's maintained the Salvadoran government's long-term and senior unsecured issuer rating at B3, but decided to change the outlook to negative, a downgrade that reflects persistent concerns about public debt sustainability. The negative outlook reflects the credit risks associated with the implementation risks of its upcoming fiscal adjustment efforts, high liquidity risks driven by large gross financing needs in 2021-23, and persistent concerns about debt sustainability despite an expected fiscal adjustment, the rating agency explained. Restaurants and Cost of RestrictionsWednesday, January 27, 2021 Following the announcement of the restrictions imposed in Guatemala to mitigate the outbreak of covid-19, which contemplate the closing of restaurants after 9:00 pm, businessmen anticipate that sales will fall and that they will have to reduce the number of personnel hired. According to Ministerial Agreement 08-2021 of the Ministry of Public Health, restaurants located inside shopping centers must close as from 19:00 hours and those operating outside these places may serve their customers until 21:00 hours. |
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