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https://github.com/primaryobjects/penney

A map plot of JCPenney store closings.
https://github.com/primaryobjects/penney

data-science geocoding ggplot2 map mapping r

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A map plot of JCPenney store closings.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/primaryobjects/penney
Owner: primaryobjects
Created: 2017-03-18T02:29:32.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2017-03-19T01:45:30.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-10-29T22:49:50.768Z (2 months ago)
Topics: data-science, geocoding, ggplot2, map, mapping, r
Language: R
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Size: 569 KB
Stars: 1
Watchers: 3
Forks: 1
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md

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README

JCPenney Store Closings - March 2017
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A simple data analysis and plot of 138 JCPenney store closings for March, 2017.

This project reads the official JCPenney store closing PDF file, extracts the list of store locations, and plots the results on a US state map.

## The Dataset

Data was collected from the official JCPenney store closing [PDF](http://www.jcpnewsroom.com/news-releases/2017/assets/0317_list_of_store_closures.pdf) file. A local copy is also [available](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primaryobjects/penney/master/data/store_closures.pdf).

The dataset contains the following fields:

Mall/Shopping Center
City
State

Geo-location coordinates for latitude and longitude are obtained from a Google geo-coding API, based upon the store City and State. The number of store closures per state are shaded on the US map, with darker colors representing more closures within that state.

## Results

![March 2017 JCPenney Store Closures - Overview](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primaryobjects/penney/master/images/jcpenney.png)

![March 2017 JCPenney Store Closures - Detailed](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primaryobjects/penney/master/images/jcpenney-detail.png)

## References

[Yahoo Finance](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/138-jc-penney-stores-close-130436124.html)

[JCP Newsroom](http://www.jcpnewsroom.com/news-releases/2017/assets/0317_list_of_store_closures.pdf)

## Copyright

## Author

Kory Becker
http://www.primaryobjects.com