GIS Pioneer to Demonstrate How Businesses Can Rapidly Expand and Increase Sales Using Geospatial Data

REDLANDS, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — January 11, 2019 — Esri, the world leader in location intelligence, will be on hand in booth #4551 at NRF 2019—Retail’s Big Show, showcasing the ways in which Esri technology can help drive market growth. Experts will demonstrate how Esri customers are able to unlock geographic insights that inform and enable significant, sustained growth by allowing businesses to consume and analyze massive datasets on everything from sales and inventory transactions to customer and product movement.

WHO: Gary Sankary, head of retail for Esri and a 30-year retail industry veteran; formerly of Target, Cost Plus World Market, and Mervyn’s

WHAT: Sustainable growth requires local understanding about markets, facilities, customers, and competition. Esri has been providing the world’s leading organizations with precise insights about their businesses for 50 years. For analysis ranging from street to neighborhood to market level, the world’s largest retailers are using Esri software to find their best customers, locate their best stores, and pinpoint their best growth opportunities.

WHY: To drive market growth across all channels, retailers are developing strategies to be more relevant and better engage with their customers. Localization and personalization are at the core of these strategies. Esri was named a leader in location intelligence platforms by Forrester Research, Inc., in The Forrester Wave™: Location Intelligence Platforms, Q4 2018. The company’s comprehensive datasets and advanced analytics can help retailers improve the overall customer experience and give consumers more reasons to shop both in store and online.

LEARN MORE: esri.com/nrf2019

About Esri

Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system software, location intelligence, and mapping, offers the most powerful Geospatial Cloud available. Since 1969, Esri has helped customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Today, Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations including the world’s largest cities, most national governments, 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. With its pioneering commitment to geospatial information technology, Esri engineers the most advanced solutions for digital transformation, the Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics. Visit us at esri.com.

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