PFM strengthens market position with the acquisition of Storescan
Data insight company PFM, specialist in providing insight into footfall flows in and around retail destinations, has purchased the Utrecht-based company Wifiprofs B.V. Trading under the name StoreScan, the company has grown into a strong player in the retail analytics market over the past few years. With this acquisition PFM strengthens its market position in […] 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 […]
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PFM Intelligence Group, the Netherlands headquartered specialist technology and communications company, has announced the acquisition of CoreTech Solutions, the market leading IT infrastructure provider to the UK retail property sector, for an undisclosed sum.The deal, which establishes the PFM Holding UK Ltd company, will create a significant player in integrated technology systems, focusing on complex […]
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 […]
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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, […]
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. […]
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 […]