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On the Radar with Five Below

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January 9, 2025

On the Radar is content series highlighting Radar's customers and partners and their geolocation use cases, hosted by Radar Co-Founder and CEO Nick Patrick. This episode features Courtney Mackedanz from Five Below.

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3 predictions for the geolocation compliance market in 2025

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Nick Patrick

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January 6, 2025

2025 will be a major turning point in the geolocation compliance market. Here are 3 big predictions.

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SBC Summit North America 2024 recap

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Radar Team

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May 20, 2024

From panels to partnerships, the Radar team had an action-packed SBC Summit North America in our own backyard in New Jersey.

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NRF 2024 recap

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January 23, 2024

The Radar team kicked off 2024 at NRF, Retail's Big Show, in our own backyard in NYC. Here are the highlights!

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Build vs. buy: geofencing and location infrastructure

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Brett Guenther

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May 18, 2022

Explore the differences between building and buying geofencing and location infrastructure to help determine which is right for your business.

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Webinar: How to drive engagement through SMS from Attentive, Bounteous+Hathway, and Radar

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Jessie Chen

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May 6, 2022

Radar's CEO and Co-Founder, Nick Patrick, joined partners at Attentive and Bounteous+Hathway for an interactive webinar to discuss a range of topics from cultivating an audience of customers that opt-in to executing on an omnichannel strategy.

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Building blocks for location-based app experiences

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Sam Fader

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March 31, 2022

Building an app of which location is a core component is complicated as well. You have a lot to think about: user experience, a permissioning flow, and the value that location access will bring your users.

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3 restaurant technology trends from MURTEC 2022

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Jessie Chen

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March 18, 2022

During MURTEC, we heard from marketing, technology, and operations professionals about new developments in the space and how location data can help restaurant brands increase customer satisfaction and engagement, operational efficiencies, and revenue.

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Deliver real-time messages for travel customers with Radar and Braze

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Radar Team

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September 27, 2021

With the right tools and right approach, travel and hospitality brands can provide relevant and valuable customer experiences at every step of a customer’s trip.

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Webinar: Why digital technology is the key to great customer experience in a post pandemic world

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Radar Team

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July 19, 2021

After teaming up with Mobiquity to conduct a consumer behavior study in April, we hosted a webinar to share how convenience stores can meet consumer experience by leveraging digital technology.

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Webinar: How to capture and convert traffic post-COVID with Radar, Yext, and OpenTable

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Radar Team

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June 29, 2021

We teamed up with Yext and OpenTable to share strategies to capture the post-COVID surge in demand for in-person experiences.

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Top geofencing strategies for hotel chains to improve guest experiences and cultivate loyalty

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Amanda Vandiver

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June 22, 2021

Here are the top ways hotels can use geofencing to power exceptional experiences that keep guests coming back and spending more.

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Bridging the physical and digital gap in a post-COVID world

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Radar Team

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June 18, 2021

Watch Radar's keynote session from Brand Growth Summit 2021: As consumers move through the physical world again post-COVID, winning brands will exceed new consumer expectations by seamlessly bridging the digital and physical.

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Top geofencing strategies for grocery chains to foster loyalty and improve operations

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Amanda Vandiver

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June 4, 2021

Geofencing holds a great deal of promise for grocery chains to create customer loyalty and in-store engagement, as well as streamline their own operations.

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How Radar can help travel and entertainment brands reactivate users on-premise

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Amanda Vandiver

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June 1, 2021

It’s never been more important for entertainment brands to connect with their customers in real time and surface features that make them feel more comfortable on-premise, and location-context is what makes these experiences possible.

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Webinar: Building better BOPIS experiences with Airship and Radar

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Radar Team

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May 20, 2021

In this webinar, learn how Radar’s location solutions and Airship’s customer engagement platform work together to power a seamless BOPIS experience.

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Webinar: E-commerce optimization best practices with Taplytics

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Radar Team

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May 12, 2021

We teamed up with our friends at Taplytics to bring you a masterclass in shopping personalization out-of-store, on the way, and in-store.

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The guide to Play Store background location approval

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Nick Patrick

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March 17, 2021

Starting on March 29, 2021, apps submitted to the Google Play Store must receive approval to access location in the background. Learn tips and best practices for getting approved.

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Location data privacy checklist

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Radar Team

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February 23, 2021

In this post, we share a ten-point location data privacy checklist to help you collect location data and build location-based experiences in the right way.

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Retail showdown: Safe curbside pickup at Home Depot versus Lowe's (plus free worksheet)

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Radar Team

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January 21, 2021

In this five-round showdown, we evaluate how home improvement competitors Home Depot and Lowe's rolled out curbside pickup in a hurry at all their locations.

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How to thrive with curbside: lessons from the nation's leading restaurants

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Radar Team

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January 13, 2021

We've sampled nine of the nation's largest restaurant chains to find out what ingredients make a Michelin-Star curbside experience.

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How to build a winning loyalty program in QSR and Retail

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Coby Berman

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December 15, 2020

With personalization and relevance as the cornerstone of a winning loyalty program, we’ve put together a framework to help QSRs and retailers evaluate their technology strategy.

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How retailers should be thinking about BOPIS this winter

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Amanda Vandiver

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December 3, 2020

Buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS) orders now make up around 40% of total retail orders. Location can help the end-to-end experience for retailers and their customers by communicating arrival information to both parties.

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Why QR codes are cool again (and what to expect next)

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Nick Patrick

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November 18, 2020

QR codes are cool again because they're a lightweight, contactless way to unlock a digital experience tied to a physical location. But many large retailers and QSRs are turning to another, more powerful technology: geofencing.

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Understanding approximate location permissions in iOS 14

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Nick Patrick

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July 6, 2020

iOS 14 allows users to share only their approximate location with apps rather than their precise location. In this post, we explain the changes and how to prepare.

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Students build apps with Radar to address the world’s biggest challenges

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Radar Team

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May 12, 2020

Over the last few months, we’ve seen aspiring engineers and student hackers from across the world use Radar to build projects that help society and improve lives.

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We can't solve the problems of tomorrow with the tools of the past

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Radar Team

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January 16, 2020

Radar and nine other independent software companies united to declare that CRM systems are no longer enough for the digital era.

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Discussing all things location context on the MapScaping podcast

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Radar Team

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September 19, 2019

Our CEO sits down with the MapScaping podcast to talk location context, creating great app experiences, and the future of mobile.

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The Radar guide to location prompt best practices

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Radar Team

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August 13, 2019

Our best practices when prompting for location services, plus examples from 8 apps that do it well.

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Understanding new location permissions in Android Q and iOS 13

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Nick Patrick

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June 10, 2019

Android Q and iOS 13 introduce new location permissions. In this post, we explain the changes, as well as best practices for building with location on iOS 13, Android Q, and beyond.

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The future of marketing is context-driven. Here are the winners and losers.

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Coby Berman

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August 8, 2018

Digital marketers have always aimed to deliver the right message to the right customers at the right time. But in recent years, the bar has been raised.

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Five questions to ask when choosing a location platform

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Coby Berman

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October 10, 2017

Radar is a location platform for mobile apps. But what is a location platform, and how should you choose one?

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Making sense of new background location restrictions in iOS 11 and Android O

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Nick Patrick

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July 17, 2017

iOS 11 and Android O, still in developer preview, introduce new background location restrictions.

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If you're only geofencing in the background, you're missing out

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Coby Berman

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January 18, 2017

Geofencing can increase user engagement, not only by pushing contextual information to users in the background, but also by pulling contextual information for users in the foreground, no tapping or searching required.

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