Annual overview of visitor counts in the Netherlands
Another year has gone by. Corona is still taking hold, resulting in lockdowns, staggered shopping, keeping to the half-metre mark and the use of a mouth mask. What effect does this have on the crowds in the Dutch district centres & inner-city shopping centres?Last year we had to deal with the measures concerning corona. 1.5 […]
PFM Intelligence Group en Apache Log4j
Security Advisory Recently, a critical vulnerability called LogJam or Log4Shell was found in Apache Log4j. This is software that is widely used in web applications and all kinds of other systems. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.The National Cyber Security Center indicates that it is actively scanning for the […]
Footfall update since covid-19 in the UK
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the UK, we have seen an unprecedented decrease in footfall. At its worst, footfall was almost 93% down on the same day compared to the previous year.The chart below shows the footfall development over the last few weeks, combined with the number of covid-19 cases. We continue to monitor […]
Make sure you have an active door policy in place
The pandemic has been a challenge for all of us, but for the management of all places where people gather, and specifically in retail, visibility of accurate occupancy has never been more important. Therefore, PFM has taken the experience in footfall and developed a retailer focused occupancy solution. This solution provides, out of the box, […]
Shop safely with PFM solutions
Yesterday Boris Johnson announced his plans for all shops to reopen on June 15. If we look at other countries such as the Netherlands and Germany where the visitor numbers do not deviate much from what they normally see in this period, we can expect the same for the UK visitors once the shops reopen. […]
COVID-19 as a bridge between tenant and landlord
Nobody could have imagined that COVID-19 would be the greatest disruptive event for virtually all sectors in our modern economy. An unforeseen effect of this is we are redesigning, improving and changing the way we implement all economic and social connections. Tragically we are losing people, companies are going under and the largest recession in […]
Are Drive Throughs the best retail compromise?
How the world has changed. With the onset of the Covid-19 situation, suddenly a trip to the local shop is something that requires almost military planning, even blood tests are being carried out in a drive through situation.The simple physics, safety via reduced contact, efficient logistics and convenience to the Drive Through vending interaction, mean it […]
Face Mask Detection and View Direction
The last few months have been challenging. Businesses have been struggling to find a way to (re)open their doors while at the same time following the rules on social distancing. It has also been a time where technological applications and initiatives have been multiplying in an attempt to control the situation.At PFM we have provided […]
Looking back at 2020 in the UK
This year started quite positive, with slightly more visitors in January (+1%) & February (+4%) compared to the same months in 2019. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the UK, we have seen an unprecedented decrease in footfall, starting with a decrease of –41% in March.First lockdownThe first lockdown began on March 23rd when all […]
