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z Financial investment
z Regional Analysis
z Select a geographic market Consider:
z Area Analysis z Yankee Candle
Evaluate the trading area
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z Home Depot
z Site Evaluation z Big Y
z Actual physical site
z Domino’s
z Chili’s
Attractiveness of a Region or
Market Depends on: Attractiveness of a Region (cont.)
z Population size and characteristics
z Local gov’t support of business
z Demographics and lifestyles of people in a
region z Warehouse accessibility
http://www.caliper.com z Demand for goods vs. supply
http://www.demographicsnow.com
z Competition
http://www.claritas.com
z Number and size of competitors
z Economic base of region z Competitors’ strengths and weaknesses
z Saturation
z Cost and availability of labor
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Index of Retail Saturation Index of Retail Saturation
z Considers consumer demand and competitive
supply # customers for given Avg. retail expenditures
product line X for given product line
per customer
z Allows you to evaluate markets as understored, _____________________________________________
saturated, or overstored Square footage of selling space allocated to a given product
line within competing retail facilities
in a market
z Measure of your potential sales per square foot
for a product line in a market area
MARKETS
z Purchasing power of the region
70,000 X $10
A B C 15,000 = $46.67
z Measure of the market’s ability to buy
No. of
Customers 40,000 50,000 70,000
z BPI measures purchasing strength
Retail
z Disposable Income (EBI) – weighted at 5
Expenditures $10 $12 $10
z Retail Sales – weighted at 3
Retail Facilities 10,000 12,000 15,000
z Population – weighted at 2
Index of Retail
Saturation $40.00 $50.00 $46.67
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GIS Software
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Techniques for Identifying
Trading Areas Identifying the Trading Areas
So: 5,000
______10’_______ = 500 = 27.9%
5,000 + 10,000 + 12,500 1791.67
10’ 15’ 20’
28% of customers will shop in City A for gift items
z Shows point of indifference between two Dab = distance from breaking point to town A
cities (the breaking point whereby you would d = distance in miles between towns A and B
Pa = population of city A
be indifferent to shopping in either city)
Pb = population of city B
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Example of Reilly’s Law What Makes a Site Attractive?
Distance in miles between cities A and B = 10 miles z Ability to Intercept people
Population of City A = 60,000 z Cumulative Attraction
Population of City B = 15,000
z Less Congestion
z Pedestrian Traffic
z Vehicular Traffic
z Parking Availability
z Accessibility