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7 Key Elements to Consider when 7 Key Elements to Consider when Selecting the Right Business Location Fact: If your current decision making tools focus on annually updated database printouts with no means to interpret updated database printouts with no means to interpret major structural changes that have occurred within the U.S. economy since the upheavals of 2008, you may be in trouble trouble.

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7 Key Elements to Consider when7 Key Elements to Consider when  Selecting the Right Business 

Location

Fact: If your current decision making tools focus on annually updated database printouts with no means to interpretupdated database printouts with no means to interpret 

major structural changes that have occurred within the U.S. economy since the upheavals of 2008, you may be in 

troubletrouble.

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Recognize Change, ld dOvercome Old Paradigms

• Since 2007 the U S Has Experienced:Since 2007 the U.S. Has Experienced:– Financial Meltdown;Housing Collapse (Double Dip?);– Housing Collapse (Double Dip?);

– Shrinking Incomes;C t ti f H h ld– Contraction of Households;

– Expanding Unemployment;A d j f lif hif f– And major stage of life shifts for your customers.

• Business as usual no longer applies

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Physical Locations have NOT ChangedPhysical Locations have NOT Changed

With proper care and maintenance a building can stayWith proper care and maintenance, a building can stay standing for hundreds of years

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Your Customer may have ChangedYour Customer may have ChangedIn recent decades, regardless of the price range of a neighborhood, one could count on a household moving outneighborhood, one could count on a household moving out across the street to be replaced by a very similar household (at least in terms of income). With home prices dropping up to 50% in many U.S. neighborhoods, and the craziness of f l h l l h illforeclosures, short sales, unemployment, etc. that will continue for at least the next two years, THIS IS NO LONGER A TREND YOUR BUSINESS CAN COUNT ON. 

As a business owner/operator the old paradigm meant that the customer types in yourAs a business owner/operator, the old paradigm meant that the customer types in your surrounding geography of homes and apartments did not change, particularly in terms of age and income. This is no longer true.

1946‐2007 2007‐?

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7 Key Elements that bContribute to Business Success

“Location Location Location ” the well knownLocation, Location, Location, the well known mantra of the real estate industry and point of purchase business success. The art and science of location assessment cannot be taught in a two‐day seminar. The ability to accurately and effectively analyze a location takes years of making practical decisions and mistakes before becoming proficient, let alone an expert. Thebecoming proficient, let alone an expert. The key is recognizing that the mantra is actually, “Customers, Customers, Customers!”

Th 7 l ill i i k l iThese 7 elements will give you quick clarity and insight into the make‐up and business viability of any address in the United States. 

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Residential Population: total population of all age groups living in an area as defined for the particular geographical weights of your address 

What is your minimum population requirement?

category (i.e. General 1 Mile Radius, Strip Center, Power Center, etc.) 

UrbanPopulation Density (# persons per square mile) ‐ the number of people living in that particular circumscribed area is 

Urban

Suburbanthe key concept. 

When comparing two different sites for the same address 

h h h h

Suburban

category, the higher the Residential Population the higher the density.  Rural

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Daytime Employment: total number of workers that travel to a specific address in the area measured to work in their full orthe area measured to work in their full or part time job.

Who should you target your advertising dollars to, the surrounding neighborhood or the office park across 

the street?

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Having access to a tool to measure the general ability of an area’s residential households to withstand shocks to possible employment/income changes from the local and nationalto withstand shocks to possible employment/income changes from the local and national economic environment is vital to your success. A tool like this reflects the very stability of the geographic area itself, in terms of income, employment, and the strength of the average household’s ABILITY to be there and remain! 

The Stability Strength of an area is related to the FUTURE! It reflects the future stability of the local economy given what is known today, and also assesses the relative strength of anand also assesses the relative strength of an area to withstand an economic hit.Have you identified which of your 

locations, if any, are “at‐risk” of suffering due to unforeseen economic changes?

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Digital Generation—24% of the 2010 U.S. Population• More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than in 

Population by Age Cohort Breakdown: total number and any other year in American history (4,317,000)

Echo Boomer—23% of the 2010 U.S. Population• Entering the beginning stage of earning and spending 

Breakdown: total number and percentage of each age cohort (i.e. Baby Boomer, Gen X, etc.) in an area. It is critical to understand the  g g g g g p g

power which will peak in twenty years.

Generation X—13% of the 2010 U.S. Population• The US Census Bureau cites Generation X as statistically 

dominant age cohort surrounding your address and weight your product mix, promotions, advertising and overall marketing

holding the highest education levels when looking at age group.

Baby Boomer—27% of the 2010 U.S. Population

advertising, and overall marketing strategy to their desires and ability to consume your service and/or product. 

• Entering the stage of life where they have retirement in focus, they are looking to downsize from their McMansion,reduce costly expenses and save money.

Look around your own neighborhoods, when have you seen so many “children” living at 

Bob Hope—13% of the 2010 U.S. Population• The Bob Hope generation is primarily retired persons living on a fixed income with very low living expenses.

y ghome?

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Imagine your own neighborhood and the local geographies your friends live in. What you experience and what you see and hear y p yabout those around you impacts how you think of the future and influence your spending decisions today.

Perhaps, many of the homes in your neighborhood are p y y g"underwater," and those that are selling are often sold at a loss. There are noticeably more “For Sale” signs standing in yards waiting for a viable offer. You now see vacant homes in your neighborhood, and maybe more in the neighborhoods around you. 

Compared to last year, maybe more of your neighbors have either lost their job or have had their wages and hours cut. 

Wouldn’t an environment like that affect your willingness to part with your cash? Would this type of environment cause you to "splurge" less and save more when possible? Would it cause you to grace the doors of discount/value stores with a new mentality and check menu prices more closely when eating out? If you haven't experienced this, good for you, but your customers might be going through it right now.

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Residential Occupation Make‐up: total real number and percentage of white collar and

This can help you assess the success of a specific type of businessnumber and percentage of white collar and 

blue collar workers that reside in a physical dwelling unit surrounding your business address.

specific type of business. 

For example, it’s likely that a hardware or auto parts business would probably do better in a 1 mile radius heavily weighted toward blue collar, whereas a fine dining restaurant may do better in a heavily white collar weighted areacollar weighted area.

The residential occupation make‐up is also very meaningful as you look forward to an area’s prospects of future employment/unemployment changes.

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Average Household Income: total income brought in by all those occupying a dwelling unit in the measured area The total sum of all these dwelling unit incomes is then divided by the total number ofmeasured area. The total sum of all these dwelling unit incomes is then divided by the total number of occupied dwelling units in the area surrounding your particular address to calculate the average household income.

Household Income Ranges and Meanings:Household Income Ranges and Meanings:$100,000+ = Affluent

$75,000 – 99,999 = High$50,000 – 74,999 = Medium$25,000 – 49,999 = LowBelow $25,000 = Poverty

Household Income is a measure commonly used by the United States government and private institutions, that counts the income of all residents over the age of 18 in each household, including not only all wages and salaries, but such items as unemployment insurance, disability payments, child support payments, regular rental receipts, as well as any personal business, investment, or other pp p y g p y pkinds of income received routinely. The residents of the household do not have to be related to the head of the household for their earnings to be considered part of the household's income.

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NowWhat?Now What?

• You now know what the “7 Key Elements” to• You now know what the  7 Key Elements  to consider when selecting the right business location are. Your immediate next step is to get access to a tool that generates all 7 elements for you ‐ for any address in the United States.

Catalyst Analytics has built that tool for you.

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3L Score Powered by Catalyst Analytics

• Evaluate any address in the United States, in a matter of y ,seconds.

• The 3L Score is comprised of last completed quarter and t th d t Oft th i f ti i l d ldcurrent month data. Often the information is only days old.

• Customized for your specific business address.– Search by general radius circles (1, 3, or 5 mile) or by shopping centerSearch by general radius circles (1, 3, or 5 mile) or by shopping center 

type (strip, neighborhood, community or power center)

Do you have a concise picture of the customer base surrounding your 

b i l ti ( )?business location(s)?

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