Our interview guest is Matt Montgomery, managing director with Kalibrate, who joins the show as part of our ICSC interview series to discuss the current state of location-based analytics and other data retailers are using to make informed decisions regarding opening stores, closing or remodeling locations, and more. In news, Costco’s comp sales were as robust as ever in June, mall traffic heads upward in late June, and we look ahead to Amazon’s Prime Day.

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