Retail WeatherIQ™ (Jan. 12-18, 2025 / NRF Retail Week 50)
January 13, 2025
Weather volatility is the most impactful climate-related risk consumer businesses face and it is constantly changing to create new opportunities and challenges. WeatherIQ™ is a collaboration between Planalytics and the National Retail Federation (NRF) that provides weekly weather impact outlooks for select product categories or retail segments compared with the prior year. Last Year (week-ending …
Retail WeatherIQ™ (Jan. 5-11, 2025 / NRF Retail Week 49)
January 6, 2025
Weather volatility is the most impactful climate-related risk consumer businesses face and it is constantly changing to create new opportunities and challenges. WeatherIQ™ is a collaboration between Planalytics and the National Retail Federation (NRF) that provides weekly weather impact outlooks for select product categories or retail segments compared with the prior year. Last Year (week-ending …
Retail WeatherIQ™ (Dec. 22-28, 2024 / NRF Retail Week 47)
December 23, 2024
Weather volatility is the most impactful climate-related risk consumer businesses face and it is constantly changing to create new opportunities and challenges. WeatherIQ™ is a collaboration between Planalytics and the National Retail Federation (NRF) that provides weekly weather impact outlooks for select product categories or retail segments compared with the prior year. Last Year (week-ending …
Black Friday Weekend Outlook from Planalytics
November 21, 2024
Cold Front to Meet Hot Deals over the Black Friday Weekend Mother Nature Cooks up a Batch of Rain and Snow Throughout the Week It’s almost Turkey Time! Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend represent the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season. While fall thus far has trended warmer than last year and normal across …
Reviewing the consumer spending impacts of Hurricane Milton
November 15, 2024
2024 has been a busy tropical storm and hurricane season to date with 17 named storms, 11 hurricanes, 5 major hurricanes, and 11 landfalling systems in the U.S. through early November. This included Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm (the highest severity classification possible), which rapidly intensified in early October with wind speeds topping 180MPH, …
Weather Update: How Analytics Can Help Businesses Predict the Unpredictable
October 29, 2024
Originally published by Planalytics’ partner, Emarsys . . . Our weather is increasingly in the news. The recent hurricanes in the Southeastern United States, flooding across Central Europe, heatwaves, and tropical storms in South and Southeast Asia demonstrate the devastating toll extreme weather has on our lives, homes, businesses, and infrastructure. While nothing compares to the …
Summertime Showers May Rain on Some Parades During The Holiday Week; Heat Spreads East by July 4th
June 26, 2024
As we approach a key week of the summer season, businesses are looking for warm temperatures to support demand for summer apparel and consumables. In the U.S., the Independence Day holiday falls on Thursday, July 4th; many will enjoy outdoor parades, picnics, and firework displays the weekend before and after the holiday, extending the celebrations …
Hotter Than LY for the Middle of the Country, Cooler on the Coasts. Severe Storms in the Heartland.
April 29, 2024
LAST WEEK: April 21, 2024 – April 27, 2024 (Retail Week 12/April Week 3) Hotter than LY conditions covered the middle of the country providing strong support for seasonal merchandise (see Weather-Driven Demand examples in the image below), but cooler weather was found along the West and East Coasts. Severe thunderstorms raked the central U.S. …
Weather-driven retail “egg-spectations” for Easter 2024
March 20, 2024
With Easter falling in March (3/31) for the first time in eight years, retailers may be worried that key spring category sales will lag behind last year’s run-up to Easter. Any sales performance concerns certainly have merit since the average temperature is about 3 degrees cooler in the last week of March than the second …
St. Patrick’s Day Retail Weather Impact
March 11, 2024
The “Luck of the Irish” will be with stores, restaurants, and bars in 2024 as warmer temperatures vs. last year throughout most of the country will boost traffic and sales. More springlike temperatures this year will provide a boost for retail with only a “wee bit” of rain in the eastern half of the country …