We’re still telling our customers where to go – a year in the world of location planning and network strategy
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 (a continuation of our focus on location analytics but reaching further afield). Personally, it’s been a year where I’ve branched…
Fresh Trader: Can a wholesaler succeed on the high street?
We welcome back Angela, our guest blogger, who shares her view on a different kind of grocery store… Smack bang right in the middle of an average, non-descript high street in the suburbs of North London sits a shop with a fresh concept. Nowhere else…
Fishnets, Honeycombs and Footballs – Better spatial models with hexagonal grids.
I love the unique mathematical properties of hexagonal tiling for spatial analysis and the inherent possibility to create beautiful bi-variate hex maps. GEOLYTIX asked me to share some of my thoughts about hex grids. What makes them special and why are they better suited for all…
Birmingham New Street/Grand Central: A space fit for the 21st century
On a fleeting visit to Birmingham I had some time to explore the redeveloped area at Grand Central/ New Street station. Although the redevelopment has been completely open for over a year, the inside area still feels brand new and is well looked after. All…
Bunnings first UK opening: An Aussie sausage sizzle in the snow
The shake up of the UK DIY sector recently got underway in St Albans with the opening of the first UK Bunnings. It’s certainly a world away from its Homebase predecessor. This feels like a ‘real’ DIY store. Where Homebase ventured increasingly into soft furnishings…
Recruiting Again
We’re hiring another two data scientists and a full-stack GIS developer. We offer flexible working including part-time/full-time, flexible hours and mixed home/office working… so long as you are good and get the job done we’re fine. Being an open respectful meritocracy that always aspires to…
Smiles and Giggles = Smiggle
We’re excited to post our first guest blog. Angela shares her take on one of the new retailers to hit the UK… It’s a dark, dreary January morning. Having a few child free hours, allows me to browse the sales in peace and being early…
Happy New Year!
So we have survived our first work week of 2017 – even if it was only 4 days. What a year we have in store; the feel good experience we are promised from the film La La Land, the grinding Brexit negotiations and the inauguration…
What does the first Amazon Go tell us about the future.
“The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed” as William Gibson famously said many times. Samantha and I were lucky enough to be in Seattle last Tuesday and visited the future; or did we? Is the amazon go store the harbinger? Will the…
The Dining Club – IKEA
“It doesn’t matter what you make, it’s the people that are the best ingredients.” This was the slogan for the IKEA pop-up café and store in Shoreditch, London which opened for 15 days during September. The pop-up offered a number of features including hosting your…