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The map lit up with new colors. Her best stores weren't just near offices; they were near offices surrounded by high-density residential apartments. Her customers were grabbing a coffee on their walk from the subway to the office. Her failing stores were in isolated business parks where everyone drove directly into a parking garage and never walked past her storefront.
Elena nodded. "The competition is fierce. 'Java Giant' opened three locations right across the street from us in the last six months. It feels like we’re guessing."
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She immediately noticed something odd. The underperforming stores weren't in "bad" areas; they were in areas with a high density of office buildings.
Her CEO, Marcus, sat at the head of the table, looking tired. "The board is breathing down my neck, Elena. We opened five stores last year, and three of them are underperforming. They say the market is saturated. They want to pause all expansion." The map lit up with new colors
Best of all, she used the tool. She set it for a 5-minute drive. The map showed that a "Java Giant" was just outside that ring. If she placed her store in the center of the district, she would capture the morning rush before the traffic jam hit the competitor.
"You need the new build," Dr. Aris advised. "Maptitude 2020 was released recently. It has updated demographic data and better tools for visualizing territory. Stop looking at rows in Excel. Start looking at maps." Her failing stores were in isolated business parks
"This is... incredibly clear," he said. "You can actually see the gap in the market."
