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Restaurant sales are down, and cross-shopping analysis shows where the wallet it moving

Restaurant Sales are Down. Same-Store Sales Only Tell Half the Story.

Restaurant sales may be rising or falling, but the real story is where customers go next. We analyzed 15 major brands to uncover what same-store sales miss....

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A World Cup Economic Postmortem: A Macro-to-Micro Level View

The 2026 World Cup delivered a measurable spending boost across U.S. host cities, but the benefits weren’t evenly distributed. Facteus transaction data...

What Transaction Data Reveals about Jersey Mike’s IPO

The market priced the IPO at $23 and put roughly $8 billion on the sandwich chain. Verified card spend explains what that...

Retail Foot Traffic Doesn’t Equal Sales

Costco and Dollar General may be winning traffic, but Facteus transaction data shows a different retail leaderboard. Here’s what the wallet reveals...

The QSR value wars are buying traffic, not loyalty

Two years after McDonald's launched its $5 Meal Deal, the data shows a surprising outcome: while promotions boosted traffic, they often failed...

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Restaurant sales are down, and cross-shopping analysis shows where the wallet it moving

Restaurant Sales are Down. Same-Store Sales Only Tell Half the Story.

Restaurant sales may be rising or falling, but the real story is where customers go next. We analyzed 15 major brands to uncover what same-store sales miss....
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A World Cup Economic Postmortem: A Macro-to-Micro Level View

The 2026 World Cup delivered a measurable spending boost across U.S. host cities, but the benefits weren’t evenly distributed. Facteus transaction data reveals how fans spent, what drove...
Jersey Mike's IPO draws $7.3M valuation

What Transaction Data Reveals about Jersey Mike’s IPO

The market priced the IPO at $23 and put roughly $8 billion on the sandwich chain. Verified card spend explains what that price is actually buying — and...

Buying Guides

Our buyer guides provide guidance on buying and using consumer transactional data, and information on leveraging this data to sharpen financial forecasting.

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Alternative Data: Ultimate Buyer’s Guide

Discover why alternative data powers modern decision-making—helping finance leaders and hedge funds spot demand shifts and forecast with precision....
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CPG & UPC-Level Transaction Data: Ultimate Buyer’s Guide

Discover how to leverage UPC (SKU) data to understand CPG performance, track product promotions and sales velocity, and even spot trade-down behavior....
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Debit & Credit Card Transaction Data: Ultimate Buyer’s Guide

Discover how debit and credit card transaction data offers powerful insights into consumer behavior, market trends, and the economy at scale....

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The Fastest Growing Merchants of 2025: What Real Consumer Spend Data Reveals

Discover the fastest-growing U.S. merchants of 2025 using real consumer transaction data. See who’s gaining share across retail, restaurants, and convenience....
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Maiden Century puts Facteus data to the test – and generates 76% Alpha

Press Release: In an independent test run by Maiden Century, Facteus consumer transaction data has achieved an unmatched 76% market-neutral alpha on 1 day lag....
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Allant Integrates Facteus Real-Time Purchase Data into AMP+

This first-of-its-kind collaboration integrates Facteus’ real-time financial behavioral signals with Allant’s AMP+ platform to create a powerful new standard for discovering and activating high-performing audiences across channels....

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Navigating Consolidation in the Transaction Data Landscape

Introduction As consolidation reshapes the transaction data landscape, concerns around pricing power, panel stability and vendor choice are growing. Join Neudata’s Finn Cousins and Facteus’ Lorn Davis for...

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7 Essentials for Transaction Data Consolidation

Watch our '7 Strategies for Resilient Data Sourcing' webinar to discover how to reduce concentration risk and future-proof your transaction data....

Whitepapers

Our collection of whitepapers provide guidance on how to leverage consumer transaction data to improve forecasting and benchmark company performance.

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The New Food Fight

Explore the convergence between Convenience Stores and Restaurants using real spend data, and discover how to leverage those patterns to develop actionable strategies to capture a larger share...
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8 Ways CFOs Use Competitors’ Sales Data

Learn how Retail and Restaurant CFOs use transaction data to benchmark performance, forecast accurately, and integrate real-time insights into financial strategies....

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