Few Canadians would think about the mandatory long-form census when they’re ordering a no-foam latte at Starbucks, but Grant Kosowan knows there’s a double shot of census data in that morning beverage.

A Calgary-based location scout with Orange National Retail Group, Mr. Kosowan crunches census data in search of demographic sweet spots for expansion-minded clients such as Starbucks.

“We spend an enormous amount of money purchasing that information on behalf of clients so we can do research, so they know where to position themselves,” said Mr. Kosowan, director of Orange’s Prairie division. Losing the long-form data, he said, “will impact our business, I can tell you that."

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The Orange National Retail Group is pleased to announce that it has been retained by Gamestop / EB Games to identify and secure sites in the Prairie Provinces. With over 6,100 stores in the U.S., Canada and 16 other countries, Gamestop is the largest video game retailer in the world. www.gamestop.com.

The Orange Group will be assisting with the procurement of high profile sites in power centres, street fronts, strip malls and other non-enclosed mall environments in Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba. Gamestop requires 1,000 - 1,800 square feet on average and targets centres with complimentary uses such Grocery, Liquor and large format Drug Stores.

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