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Guides
Guides · 5 min

Divide your sales team's territories in minutes

Draw a zone, choose how to split it and POINOVA divides it into balanced territories. With real examples.

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Guides
Guides · 5 min

A worked example of a zone study

An illustrative step-by-step case: catchment area, demographics, competition and the final decision.

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Guides
Guides · 3 min

How to choose where to open a business

The steps for studying an area before signing a lease: demographics, competition and spending power.

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Comparisons
Comparisons · 3 min

Geomarketing in Europe: compare your options

Consultancy, GIS software, single-country tools or POINOVA: what fits when you analyse areas across several European markets.

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Comparisons
Comparisons · 2 min

Geomarketing alternatives: which one suits you?

What options there are for analysing areas and how to choose the one that fits your budget.

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Area analysis
Area analysis · 5 min

Estimated vs real footfall: which you need

What each one measures, why we use the estimated one, and when mobile-data footfall would really matter.

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Area analysis
Area analysis · 3 min

What is an isochrone and how to use it

How to know how many people you reach in 5, 10 or 15 minutes and why it matters for your business.

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Area analysis
Area analysis · 5 min

How to rank locations by data

Turn gut feel into an objective score: which criteria to weigh and how to rank your candidate locations.

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Area analysis
Area analysis · 3 min

How to analyse the competition in an area

Locate your competitors, measure how saturated the area is and find out whether there is room for you.

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Franchises
Franchises · 5 min

Retail cannibalisation: how not to compete with yourself

Why two of your own shops that are too close together eat each other's customers, and how to measure real incremental reach before you open.

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Franchises
Franchises · 3 min

Market research by area for franchises

How to prioritise locations and expand your network with an objective method instead of by eye.

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Geomarketing
Geomarketing · 3 min

How to use demographic data to sell more

Find out who lives in your area and tailor your offer, your advertising and your range to your real customer.

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Guides
Guides · 2 min

How to do market research to open a business

The steps for knowing whether there is room for your business before you invest.

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Guides
Guides · 2 min

Business feasibility study

Market, location, costs and revenue: can your business be profitable?

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Data · 2 min

How to find out the average income of a neighbourhood

Where income data comes from and how to use it to set prices.

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Guides
Guides · 2 min

The best location for your retail shop

Footfall, customer, competition and accessibility: choose with data.

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Area analysis
Area analysis · 2 min

What is a catchment area and how to calculate it

How many people you actually reach and where to focus your efforts.

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Geomarketing
Geomarketing · 2 min

Geomarketing software: what it is and how to choose it

What it does, what types there are and how to choose the one that fits you.

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