Pitney
Bowes MapInfo Debuts Next-Generation Demographics for More Timely and Reliable
Decision Making
Chicago,
IL—DMA07 Conference & Exhibition (Booth#1901)—October 9,
2007—Pitney
Bowes MapInfo, the leading global provider of location intelligence, today
announced the release of its next-generation demographics, providing
organizations in retail, restaurant, financial services, insurance and media
with reliable, consistent and timely data to support site selection, marketing,
distribution, product development and other key business decisions. By
integrating MicroBuild™, a household geodemographic product from The Gadberry Group, Pitney Bowes
MapInfo now provides clients with more dependable and up-to-date household-level
information to support more insightful business decisions.
“Whether
you’re a big box retailer or retail bank, successful business decision making
requires comprehensive, frequently updated and household-specific demographic
data,” said Dr. James Webster, adjunct professor of finance at the University of
Arkansas, Walton College of Business. “My past experience with a large big box
retailer provided me the opportunity to use Gadberry’s
MicroBuild data on a Pitney Bowes MapInfo-based
system. I am now encouraging tomorrow’s business leaders in our graduate and
undergraduate business programs to seek out this level of data and analysis to
assist in their future business decision making.”
Pitney
Bowes MapInfo’s new advanced demographic system represents the next stage in the
evolution of demographic data, bringing improved reliability and timeliness to
market analysis and decision making. By leveraging Gadberry’s MicroBuild data as a
primary source for residential household and population trends, the company’s
next-generation demographics help organizations analyze their existing business
and answer valuable questions, such as which customers are most profitable,
where are more of these “best customers” located and how to reach, influence and
locate near them.
“Having
more accurate and up-to-date demographic information enables companies to be
more location intelligent and make quicker, more confident business decisions in
this highly competitive, rapidly changing environment,” said Mike Hickey,
president, Pitney Bowes Software. “With quarterly updates, Pitney Bowes
MapInfo’s new demographics provide reliable and timely data for market
analytics, helping organizations easily move from analysis to action, whether
it’s identifying sites or markets for expansion, or more efficiently targeting
the best prospects in marketing and advertising
campaigns.”
About
The Gadberry Group
The
Gadberry Group provides location-based services and information data products,
for clients who demand the most current, accurate, and
precise household and population data for their site location analysis. MicroBuild™, Gadberry’s
patent-pending product, is unique because only MicroBuild™ uses consumer data at the rooftop level to
deliver quarterly household and population counts beginning at the census block
level.
About
Pitney Bowes MapInfo
Pitney
Bowes MapInfo, part of Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), is the leading global
provider of location intelligence solutions, integrating software, data and
services to provide greater value from location-based information and drive more
insightful decisions for businesses and government organizations around the
world. The company’s solutions are available in multiple languages through a
network of strategic partners and distribution channels in 60 countries. Visithttp://www.mapinfo.com/ andhttp://www.pb.com/ for more
information.