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Placer 100 Index for Retail & Dining: Introduction and May 2024 Recap
Introducing the Placer 100 Index for Retail & Dining – a curated, dynamic list of leading chains that offers insight into wider trends impacting the retail, dining, and shopping center segments.
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Digging Into Darden: Q2 2024 Update
Darden Restaurants, Inc. operates a portfolio that includes some of the biggest names in full-service dining, including Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse. How are these restaurants performing as Q3 2024 approaches? We take a closer look.
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TRU and avid: Midscale Hotels on the Rise
Hilton Hotels & Resorts and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) introduced their midscale hotels - TRU and avid - several years ago. We take a closer look at the visitation trends to these affordable hotels and dive into the demographics to see who is staying at them.
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Diving Into Kroger: A Strong Start to 2024
The Kroger Co, is a leading player in the grocery store space, operating its eponymous brand as well as a variety of regional banners. We dove into the data to see how key Kroger chains are faring in 2024 – and to explore the different audiences served by the company’s varied portfolio.
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Placer.ai Mall Index: May 2024 Recap – Mall Visits on the Rebound
Our May mall index examines visit performance at malls, indoor malls, outlet malls, and open-air shopping centers to see how visits rebounded from April's dip and explores how Mother's Day and Memorial Day drove visits across malls.
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Placer.ai Office Index: May 2024 Recap
With summer nearly upon us, we dove into the data to see how the return-to-office fared in May 2024. Did the post-pandemic visit recovery trajectory observed in April continue apace? And which major regional hub saw the most YoY visit growth?