A year ago, Foursquare caught the data world’s attention with an accurate prediction that Chipotle’s store sales—thanks to the fast-casual brand’s E. coli problem—would fall by 30 percent. The location-based service’s anonymized foot traffic stats, which it combines with other data such as U.S. Census reports for weighted analyses, has been gaining credibility in retail realms.
Legalized Recreational Weed Hasn't Hurt Liquor Sales in Oregon
It may even be helping bars a bit
