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After a bruising few years, the retail sector has undergone a transformation on multiple levels, becoming more agile and responsive to change while adapting to changing consumer behaviour and preferences. With interest rates forecasted to fall over t…

In today’s competitive real estate market, as the volume of data continues to grow across organisations, highly effective data management and business intelligence (BI) processes can provide significant advantages.  BI has been around for a whi…

As retail footfall stabilises after several challenging years, the sector has shown remarkable resilience, benefiting from a boost driven by sporting and music events. This resilience, however, is mainly attributed to the retailers’ ability to …

MRI Software announces insights partnership with Revo to deliver data and analysis to the retail, leisure, property and placemaking industry London, 5th August 2024 – MRI Software announces that it has partnered with Revo, the retail and leisure real…

MRI Software’s OnLocation solution has a long history, spanning over two decades, in providing our clients with industry leading insights for UK Retail Parks, Shopping Centres and High Streets with our dataset beginning back in October 2007. Since th…

Few could have predicted how disruptive the pandemic would be to the traditional office environment back in early 2020. Little did we know this would be the start of a seismic shift in behaviours and attitudes towards everyday life; at work, school a…

23rd March 2020, the world went into lockdown as the Coronavirus pandemic took hold across the globe. Little did we know this would be the start of a seismic shift in behaviours and attitudes towards everyday life; at work, in education and at home. …

Data, in some sectors, is classed a luxury however in retail it is a necessity; an invaluable commodity for retail stores, centres and destinations. Shopping centre managers and owners are increasingly recognising the power of data when it comes to e…