The wrong retail location can cost millions in lost revenue and lease obligations. Yet most site selection decisions are still made with incomplete data, gut feelings, and spreadsheets that take days to compile.
Slant brings together all the data you need for site selection into one platform. Get comprehensive analysis in minutes, not days.
Comprehensive tools to evaluate any retail location.
Understand who lives, works, and shops in your trade area. Income, age, education, spending patterns—all in one view.
See real foot traffic patterns from Placer.ai. Know exactly how many people pass by each location, when, and where they come from.
Identify every competitor in your trade area. See their ratings, reviews, and traffic estimates to understand market saturation.
Visualize 1/3/5 mile trade areas or draw custom polygons. Understand exactly who you'll reach from each location.
Find synergistic neighbors that drive traffic. Coffee shops near gyms, restaurants near offices—discover the combinations that work.
Compare sites with objective criteria. Score each location based on your custom requirements and priorities.
Traditional site analysis requires logging into multiple platforms, exporting data, and manually compiling reports. Slant automates the entire process.
Strong retail sites balance reachable demand (demographics and spending), real visitation (foot traffic and dayparts), visibility and access, and a defendable position versus nearby competitors. Slant surfaces those layers together so you are not optimizing one metric in isolation.
Define consistent trade areas or radii, then score each site on the same metrics like traffic peaks, category spend, and competitive intensity. Slant’s side-by-side views make it easier to explain why a finalist wins for your format and rent assumptions.
Demographics explain who can afford your offer and how large the pool is, while movement data shows whether people actually pass the storefront when it matters. Combining Esri-style profiles with Placer-style visitation reduces false positives from busy roads that look good on a map but do not convert.
Co-tenancy tells you whether a center’s mix pulls your target shopper, while traffic validates volume and timing. The best reads use both: anchors and synergistic neighbors drive trips, and foot traffic confirms the hours and intensity you need for sales.