Monthly store closures index
Tracked shops that closed, as a monthly index.
What it does
Every month: the shops in your watch table that closed since last month, counted by city and kind, in a short index note by xMap AI for the research newsletter.
In one sentence: Monthly on the 1st at 08:00, take your table, look each one up on online maps, spot what changed, write a report with xMap AI, then email the list to you.
Why it is useful
Closures are a lead signal for a retail economy. The index counts them each month.
Who it is for
Investors, analysts & consultants. Investors, analysts and consultants who need location numbers they can trust, on a schedule. Every use case for investors & consultants
Best use cases
- A retail research firm
- A business journalist
- A credit analyst
What each run gives you
- An email
The time it saves
Monthly on the 1st at 08:00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 180 minutes each time; it runs about 1 time a month, so it saves about 3 hours a month (an estimate). It is easy: 6 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- On the 1st of every monthTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- Shops we trackYour data · My dataBrings in a table you uploaded or a list you saved on the My data page: your stores, customers, target accounts or sites.
- Each shop on the mapxMap data · Map business scanFinds businesses on online maps live: name, category, rating, address, phone, website and whether it is open.
- Closed since last monthLogic · What changedLets through only the places this flow found before whose details changed since: closed, a rating that moved, a new phone or website, a new name or address, or any field you name.
- Write the closures indexxMap AI · xMap LLMTell the AI what to do in plain words.
- Email me the listAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.
Use it now
Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.
How to set it up
- Enrich a list once: A CSV of addresses or companies back with phone, website, rating and an AI score.
- Build your first flow in ten minutes: From a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- Map business scan: A live scan of online maps by type or your own search words.
- Your own tables and lists (My data): Upload a CSV, save lists of results, and use them in flows.
- Data enrichment: Adding details to records you already have.
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