Posted on 08/07/2016 8:29:26 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
At Foursquare, our data scientists are often called upon to analyze real world trends; we use Big Data to determine how commercial fortunes are rising or falling. This year, politics and business are intersecting, as one of the presidential candidates, Donald Trump, has extensive properties including casinos, hotels, and golf courses. Has his campaign been good for Trump-branded business?
We have experience tackling these types of questions with a high degree of accuracy. Based on our foot traffic intelligence covering over 50 million users a month, we predicted Apple iPhone 6s sales, a hit Q4 for McDonald’s all-day breakfast, and a tough Q1 for Chipotle. Time and again, our predictions have been proven on-target once these companies announced their earnings.
Reporters have lately been asking us if our foot traffic data can shed light on visits to Trump properties, so we decided to take a closer look. To be clear, as a technology company, we’re not in the game of taking a stance on political questions. But we are interested in the power of data to illuminate cultural trends. So let’s look at the numbers.
Have The Donald’s politics trumped Trump businesses?
It turns out the data is fairly clear: Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy in June 2015, foot traffic to Trump-branded hotels, casinos and golf courses in the U.S. has been down. Since spring, it’s fallen more. In July, Trump properties’ share of visits fell 14% year over year, for instance.
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Does this mean he’s only in it for the money after a loss?
I think this is another attack on his business skills....
The whole damn country is in the financial toilet since the Marxists have taken over with the willing help of the Republican Kongress.
For the sake of transparency, is it blind trust time? Why give Team HRC more ammo than what they already have, be it fabricated or not?
One must assume that 14% of his business is wealthy libtard Rats who consider themselves “elite”.
Just another reason to believe Trump is for real
No trust required. Trump's 3 eldest children, already executive vice presidents, are going to run the organization.
As for business being down at Trump properties, that isn't necessarily a reflection of Trump. The election year itself is dampening business in a lot of industries.
Right. A recent thread.
It means that in some families one member would be a big Dem and that blocks the whole family from patronizing a business.
Conservative husband with a liberal wife is going to have a hard time going to a Trump property.
Doesn’t effect the vote, but does show he’s certainly not in this for the money.
U.S. rail traffic down 7.9 percent in July
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3456951/posts
Nice call.
Another legit observation.
Yet strangely, in many parts of the country, real estate values are rising.
I'm no expert, but I think it's a factor of continually growing population, not much new construction, and very low mortgage rates.
Maybe off topic, but, Trump is not concerned that business is down at his properties.
Trump has had a great life, and could have continued to have a great life of luxury and work in his business empire.
He put it aside to run for president.
He doesn’t need the headaches he’s gotten as a presidential candidate.
I’m suggesting that he ran for president as he saw the country in trouble, and thought he could change things.
He certainly didn’t need to run for president to achieve fame and fortune and a luxurious life.
I forgot to mention: I doubt Hillary wants to talk conflict of interest when she is trying to act like the Clinton Foundation doesn’t exist.
If she tries to make Trump companies an issue, the Clinton Foundation shenanigans will end up center stage.
Thank you for the link.
All this tells me is that like ALL businesses the economy SUCKS!!!!
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