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Safegraph Foot-traffic and Spend Data Fluctuations 2022-2023
I noticed some fluctuations while plotting the average total spend and raw visit counts of some Starbucks stores we have pooled from our study.
About SafeGraph Spend Patterns coverage
Hi, I am analyzing the SafeGraph Spend Patterns dataset and noticed significant variations in store/branch coverage for some firms and brands over time.
Recent Open Census Data in the US
Hello, does anyone know whereto find the most recent years of open census data (5-year ACS) at the Census Block Group (CBG) level for the US available for download? SafeGraph Inc. used to share this data for previous years (2016 to 2020), but they haven't provided updates in quite some time. https://docs.safegraph.com/docs/open-census-data Thank you!
Possible measurement error in number of transactions in 2022 for Starbucks?
Is there any documented measurement error in Starbucks's transaction count in 2022? I noticed that 99.5% of all Starbucks stores in the data set had less than 3000 monthly transactions. However, some stores, like the one attached in Exhibit, had 10 times the number of transactions in only one month in 2022, which is surprising. I have a list of several other such Starbucks stores.