We’re now six months into a global pandemic. Spring lockdowns gave way to gradual reopenings, and now the threat of closures loom large again as case numbers in many regions creep upwards. For retail owners, office managers, and campus administrators who are trying to keep people safe and their doors open, there’s never been a more critical time to manage how many people are in a space. Enter: occupancy data.

InnerSpace, the world’s most accurate WiFi-based indoor location intelligence platform, announces it will provide its platform free-of-charge to retailers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On the surface, the retail crisis seems relatively simple. The rise in eCommerce has eliminated the costly real estate, staffing, inventory and franchising issues that plagues brick-and-mortar stores.

James recently sat down with BNN’s Catherine Murray to showcase how we are levelling the playing field for brick and mortar retailers who are competing against virtual stores.

Behind the black tarps that cover its entrance, construction workers with drills, hammers and paintbrushes in-hand work furiously to put the finishing touches on Saks Fifth Avenue’s first Canadian location.

While there is a lot of spending on IOT technologies to help retailers build the stores of the future, the lack of a single, turn-key product prohibits any solution from scaling across a retail chain.