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Dear Colleagues, **With apologies for cross-posting** The ESRC-funded Consumer Data Research Centre<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/> at the University of Leeds will be offering the following courses specially designed for those interested in retail and consumer data analytics: Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis for Retail Applications<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/events/introduction-to-gis-and-spatial-analysis-for-retail-applications/> 14th June 2018 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm This one-day course provides an introduction to applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis in understanding retail sector dynamics. We focus on the visualisation and analysis of data related to retail supply (e.g. store catchments) and demand (including geodemographics) at national, regional and local scales. We consider commercial and public sector applications of retail analytics and introduce increasingly sophisticated analysis tools. These include GIS-based measures of accessibility and network analysis to determine retail service areas. A series of fully supported hands-on practical sessions, interspersed with short lectures and group activities, provide an applied and theoretical perspective, with examples drawn from the UK but relevant in a number of international contexts. The course activities draw on CDRC data resources (where possible) and signpost users to further freely available or commercially-licensed data sources for use within their own research. Participants will leave with a clear practical awareness of GIS and spatial analysis techniques commonly applied in retail analytics. Where: Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds Course Tutors: Drs Les Dolega (University of Liverpool), Nick Hood (University of Leeds) and Andy Newing (University of Leeds) Who is the course suitable for? This course is designed for participants who have limited prior knowledge of spatial analysis in the context of retail analytics. Participants are likely to be PhD students or researchers looking to work with spatial data related to consumers or the retail sector - whether in a commercial, public sector or policy focussed context. Skills will be taught using examples from the UK retail sector but participants will be encouraged to consider how these tools and techniques could be applied in alternative contexts. The course will signpost participants towards CDRC and freely available data resources which would enable them to extend these analysis in their subsequent work. Cost: £70 (students) £120 (academic, public and charitable sector employees) £300 (private sector) ********************************************************************************************************** Spatial Modelling for Retail Analytics<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/events/spatial-modelling-for-retail-analytics/> 15th Oct 2018 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm This one-day course introduces participants to sophisticated spatial analysis and spatial modelling approaches that can be used to understand retail sector dynamics. We focus on the analysis of complex interactions between retail demand (consumers) and the retail supply side (retail stores). The tools that we introduce are applied widely by the commercial retail sector and we reflect on the important link between academia and industry in the continual development of these modelling approaches. We introduce participants to statistical and spatial modelling using simulated data related to UK consumers. These include regression and powerful industry-standard spatial interaction (or gravity) modelling. The course is taught via a series of fully supported hands-on practical sessions, interspersed with short lectures and group activities. This provides an applied and theoretical perspective, with examples drawn from the UK but relevant in a number of international contexts. This course follows on from the CDRC training course above. Aside from a brief recap of key spatial analysis techniques and spatial data sources, this course teaches entirely new content. It is suitable for those who attended the introductory course and also those wanting a stand-alone course in retail modelling. Participants will leave with a clear practical awareness of model-based spatial analysis techniques commonly applied in retail analytics. Participants may also think differently about their own consumer behaviours having undertaken this course! Where: Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds Course Tutors: Drs Andy Newing and Nick Hood Who is the course suitable for? This course is designed for participants who have some experience of spatial analysis using GIS, but no prior knowledge of statistical or spatial modelling is required. Participants are likely to be PhD students or researchers looking to use spatial modelling to enhance their analysis of retail/consumer data in. The course will signpost participants towards CDRC and freely available data resources which would enable them to extend these analysis in their subsequent work. Cost: £70 (students) £120 (academic, public and charitable sector employees) £300 (private sector) For more information please click on the course titles above, or if you have any queries please contact Kylie Norman<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Best Wishes, Kylie Norman Administrative Assistant Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) Level 11, Worsley Building University of Leeds LS2 9NL Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: 0113 3430242 Please visit our website: http://cdrc.ac.uk<http://cdrc.ac.uk/>