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Courtney Stahlman Shippensburg University Capstone GIS Project Fall 2016 Objectives References Introduction Methods and Data Results In 2015, the retail industry in the United States had revenues of $5.3 trillion. If automobiles, gas, and restaurants were excluded from this then the revenue would be $1.2 trillion. Looking at Amazon, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, they had a combined total of $531 billion dollars. This is 10% of the total market and 44% of the market when excluding the automobiles, gas, and restaurants. E-commerce sales accounted for 8% of total retail sales in the second quarter of 2016 and have increasingly grown each year. Amazon is the leader in this market so far with owning 26% of all internet retail sales. This lab was completed by first downloading a shapefile of the United States from the US Census Bureau. Next, a select by attribute was done with an SQL statement of state name = Pennsylvania or state name = Maryland or state name = West Virginia or state name = Ohio or state name = New York or state name = New Jersey. This allowed for only the states in the study area to be selected. A new layer was created from the selected features and they were then projected onto the USA Contiguous Equidistant Conic projection, in order to preserve distance, with their output being saved into the file geodatabase named Final Project. Next, data was located online and typed into excel of the addresses of the warehouses and the addresses of the stores for the companies of Amazon, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart. Amazon warehouse data was found from Avalara Incorporated. CVS store and warehouse data was found on their website. Walgreens store and warehouse locations was found on their website. Walmart store locations were found on their website, and their warehouse locations were found from WMPVL, a supply chain consulting firm. Each one was given a separate excel file saved in the CSV format in order to upload to QGIS to make the process of geocoding easier. Each spreadsheet contained the street address, the city, the state, and the country in order to match the fields required for QGIS to operate. Once done, the shapefiles were opened in ARCMap with each company's warehouses and stores projected onto the USA Contiguous Equidistant Conic projection, making sure to save them in the file geodatabase. The warehouses were symbolized as squares and the stores as circles using a different value within the same hue to signify the separation of the companies. The results of this project were actually surprising. Before finding all the data, the assumption was that Walmart would have the most store locations due to the fact that it was the top grossing retailer. However, looking at table 1, this is not the case because CVS has the most stores in the study area and Walgreens has the most stores in the United States. The reason for this could be due to the fact that a Walmart store is rather large, and takes up more real estate while a CVS or Walgreens can rent space out in small complexes, hospitals, or even in another store. In fact, in the study area there are 285 CVS stores that are located inside of a Target. However, comparing figure 2 and figure 3, a Walmart store is more likely to be located in a rural area compared to the two drugstores. This can be attributed to the fact that there is more space for a Walmart to be constructed there than in the city. Also, in the city there is an increased population resulting in more people, which requires more store locations. Another interesting analysis of figure 2 and figure 3 is that most of the warehouses are located in Pennsylvania and fewer stores located in West Virginia. There are a total of 33 warehouses with 16 of them being located in Pennsylvania, accounting for 48% of the total warehouses in the study area. The reason for this could be due to geography of the interstate system in the state. There are a few major highways that connect the Pennsylvania to the rest of the United States. In West Virginia, the topography of the state makes it difficult for businesses to locate there. The mountains in the area make it hard to construct buildings and it is difficult for trucks to navigate roads that have steep gradient. Amazon Fulfillment Center Locations [Internet]. c2016. Avalara Inc; [cited 2016 Dec 7]. CVS pharmacy [Internet]. c2015. CVS Health; [cited 2016 Dec 7]. Retail Industry Analysis 2016 - Cost & Trends [Internet]. c2016. FranchiseHelp Holdings LLC; [cited 2016 Dec 7]. The Top 20 Highest - Grossing Retailers and Their Real Estate Power [Internet]. 2015 Aug 13. Bisnow: (NY): Bisnow; [cited 2016 Dec 7]. The Walmart Distribution Center Network in the United States [Internet]. c2016. MWPVL International Inc; [cited 2016 Dec 7]. US Census Bureau. 2015. "cb_2015_us_state_500k", 1:500,000. Distributed by US Census Bureau [cited 2016 Dec 7]. Walgreens [Internet]. c2016. Walgreens Co; [cited 2016 Dec 7]. Walmart [Internet]. c2016. Walmart Stores, Inc; [cited 2016 Dec 7]. The first objective was to download a shapefile of the study area states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and West Virginia. The second objective was to find data of the locations of the warehouses of the study companies of Amazon, CVS, Walgreens, and Walgreens that were situated within these states. The third objective was to find data of the locations of the stores of the study companies that were situated within these states. The fourth objective was to record the locations in excel to then use for geocoding. Ohio New York Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland New Jersey Research Question Where are the warehouses and stores of Amazon, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart located in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and West Virginia? The purpose of this research project was to identify the locations of the warehouses and stores of Amazon, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart. Another aspect of this project was to examine and analyze the spatial distribution of these stores in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and West Virginia. Purpose Figure 1: Reference map showing the study area that was focused on during the project. Focusing on Amazon, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and West Virginia Spatial Analysis of Distribution Centers and Store Locations Company Walmart Walgreens CVS Amazon Total Sales $ 343 Billion $ 72 Billion $ 67 Billion $ 49 Billion DCs in Study Area 18 2 3 10 Total Stores in US 5,109 8,157 7,808 None Stores in Study Area 721 1,029 2,016 None MD Stores 64 85 221 None NJ Stores 86 194 334 None NY Stores 182 372 556 None OH Stores 191 241 378 None PA Stores 158 121 471 None WV Stores 39 16 56 None Table 1: The annual retail sales for 2015, along with how many stores and distribution centers are in the study area. The breakdown of how many stores for each company are located in each state. Figure 2: The locations of Amazon distribution centers and Walmart distribution centers and stores. Figure3: The locations of CVS distribution centers and stores and Walgreens distribution centers and stores. Mygo Consulting Inc, 2016 Conclusions The objectives were completed in order to find a solution to the research question of where the warehouses and stores of the select companies were located in the study area. One thing that was learned while completing this project was using QGIS. This helped to aid in the process of geocoding, speeding it up instead of using an address locator in ArcMap. Another thing learned while completing this project was the appreciation of data that is already complied in excel. A research question that was developed after completing this project was what is the spatial distribution of the warehouses and the stores of the other companies that are in the top ten grossing retailers in the same study area? Amazon and Walmart Walmart Stores Walmart Distribution Centers Amazon Distriburion Centers Walmart E-Commerce Distribution Center CVS and Walgreens CVS Distribution Centers Walgreens Distribution Centers Walgreens Stores CVS Stores
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Courtney StahlmanShippensburg UniversityCapstone GIS ProjectFall 2016
Objectives
References
Introduction
Methods and Data
Results
In 2015, the retail industry in the United States hadrevenues of $5.3 trillion. If automobiles, gas, andrestaurants were excluded from this then therevenue would be $1.2 trillion. Looking at Amazon,CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, they had a combinedtotal of $531 billion dollars. This is 10% of the totalmarket and 44% of the market when excluding theautomobiles, gas, and restaurants. E-commerce salesaccounted for 8% of total retail sales in the secondquarter of 2016 and have increasingly grown eachyear. Amazon is the leader in this market so far withowning 26% of all internet retail sales.
This lab was completed by first downloading ashapefile of the United States from the US CensusBureau. Next, a select by attribute was done with anSQL statement of state name = Pennsylvania or statename = Maryland or state name = West Virginia orstate name = Ohio or state name = New York or statename = New Jersey. This allowed for only the states inthe study area to be selected. A new layer was createdfrom the selected features and they were thenprojected onto the USA Contiguous Equidistant Conicprojection, in order to preserve distance, with theiroutput being saved into the file geodatabase namedFinal Project. Next, data was located online and typedinto excel of the addresses of the warehouses and theaddresses of the stores for the companies of Amazon,CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart. Amazon warehousedata was found from Avalara Incorporated. CVS storeand warehouse data was found on their website.
Walgreens store and warehouse locations was foundon their website. Walmart store locations were foundon their website, and their warehouse locations werefound from WMPVL, a supply chain consulting firm.Each one was given a separate excel file saved in theCSV format in order to upload to QGIS to make theprocess of geocoding easier. Each spreadsheetcontained the street address, the city, the state, andthe country in order to match the fields required forQGIS to operate. Once done, the shapefiles wereopened in ARCMap with each company's warehousesand stores projected onto the USA ContiguousEquidistant Conic projection, making sure to savethem in the file geodatabase. The warehouses weresymbolized as squares and the stores as circles using adifferent value within the same hue to signify theseparation of the companies.
The results of this project were actually surprising.Before finding all the data, the assumption was thatWalmart would have the most store locations due tothe fact that it was the top grossing retailer. However,looking at table 1, this is not the case because CVS hasthe most stores in the study area and Walgreens hasthe most stores in the United States. The reason forthis could be due to the fact that a Walmart store israther large, and takes up more real estate while aCVS or Walgreens can rent space out in smallcomplexes, hospitals, or even in another store. In fact,in the study area there are 285 CVS stores that arelocated inside of a Target. However, comparing figure2 and figure 3, a Walmart store is more likely to belocated in a rural area compared to the twodrugstores. This can be attributed to the fact thatthere is more space for a Walmart to be constructedthere than in the city. Also, in the city there is anincreased population resulting in more people, whichrequires more store locations.
Another interesting analysis of figure 2 and figure 3 isthat most of the warehouses are located inPennsylvania and fewer stores located in WestVirginia. There are a total of 33 warehouses with 16 ofthem being located in Pennsylvania, accounting for48% of the total warehouses in the study area. Thereason for this could be due to geography of theinterstate system in the state. There are a few majorhighways that connect the Pennsylvania to the rest ofthe United States. In West Virginia, the topography ofthe state makes it difficult for businesses to locatethere. The mountains in the area make it hard toconstruct buildings and it is difficult for trucks tonavigate roads that have steep gradient.
Amazon Fulfillment Center Locations [Internet]. c2016. Avalara Inc; [cited 2016 Dec 7].CVS pharmacy [Internet]. c2015. CVS Health; [cited 2016 Dec 7].Retail Industry Analysis 2016 - Cost & Trends [Internet]. c2016. FranchiseHelp Holdings LLC; [cited 2016 Dec 7].The Top 20 Highest - Grossing Retailers and Their Real Estate Power [Internet]. 2015 Aug 13. Bisnow: (NY): Bisnow; [cited 2016 Dec 7].The Walmart Distribution Center Network in the United States [Internet]. c2016. MWPVL International Inc; [cited 2016 Dec 7].US Census Bureau. 2015. "cb_2015_us_state_500k", 1:500,000. Distributed by US Census Bureau [cited 2016 Dec 7].Walgreens [Internet]. c2016. Walgreens Co; [cited 2016 Dec 7].Walmart [Internet]. c2016. Walmart Stores, Inc; [cited 2016 Dec 7].
The first objective was to download a shapefile of thestudy area states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, NewYork, New Jersey, Ohio, and West Virginia. Thesecond objective was to find data of the locations ofthe warehouses of the study companies of Amazon,CVS, Walgreens, and Walgreens that were situatedwithin these states. The third objective was to finddata of the locations of the stores of the studycompanies that were situated within these states.The fourth objective was to record the locations inexcel to then use for geocoding. Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Research QuestionWhere are the warehouses and stores of Amazon,CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart located in Pennsylvania,Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and WestVirginia?
The purpose of this research project was to identifythe locations of the warehouses and stores ofAmazon, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart. Anotheraspect of this project was to examine and analyze thespatial distribution of these stores in the states ofPennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Maryland,and West Virginia.
Purpose
Figure 1: Reference mapshowing the study area that wasfocused on during the project.
Focusing on Amazon, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and West VirginiaSpatial Analysis of Distribution Centers and Store Locations
Company Walmart Walgreens CVS AmazonTotal Sales $ 343 Billion $ 72 Billion $ 67 Billion $ 49 BillionDCs in Study Area 18 2 3 10Total Stores in US 5,109 8,157 7,808 NoneStores in Study Area 721 1,029 2,016 NoneMD Stores 64 85 221 NoneNJ Stores 86 194 334 NoneNY Stores 182 372 556 NoneOH Stores 191 241 378 NonePA Stores 158 121 471 NoneWV Stores 39 16 56 None
Table 1: The annual retail sales for 2015, along with how many stores and distributioncenters are in the study area. The breakdown of how many stores for each companyare located in each state.
Figure 2: The locations of Amazon distribution centers andWalmart distribution centers and stores.
Figure3: The locations of CVS distribution centers and stores andWalgreens distribution centers and stores.
Mygo Consulting Inc, 2016
ConclusionsThe objectives were completed in order to find asolution to the research question of where thewarehouses and stores of the select companies werelocated in the study area. One thing that was learnedwhile completing this project was using QGIS. Thishelped to aid in the process of geocoding, speeding itup instead of using an address locator in ArcMap.Another thing learned while completing this project
was the appreciation of data that is already compliedin excel.A research question that was developed aftercompleting this project was what is the spatialdistribution of the warehouses and the stores of theother companies that are in the top ten grossingretailers in the same study area?
Amazon and Walmart
Walmart StoresWalmart Distribution Centers
Amazon Distriburion CentersWalmart E-Commerce Distribution Center
CVS and WalgreensCVS Distribution CentersWalgreens Distribution CentersWalgreens StoresCVS Stores
