More and more equity research firms are taking the “intuition” out of their research and basing recommendations only on data. One huge source of data is news. By extracting headlines and article copy and using that data for predictive analysis, investment firms gain valuable insight into trends, events, and shifting…
Last year, online shopping sales hit a record $108.2 billion and this figure is set to grow in 2018 according to the National Retail Federation. About a third of shoppers start before Thanksgiving, but the day after Thanksgiving is still the biggest one day shopping event and not just in…
We are pleased to announce that Greg LeNeveu has joined Import.io to lead sales and revenue growth initiatives. Greg brings 18 years of proven success in helping enterprise-level software companies grow exponentially by providing strategic value for their customers. “Import.io is at the right stage to bring in a growth…
Tapping into web data represents a competitive imperative for any organization. Web data helps organizations gain the intelligence needed to optimize product and pricing strategies, investment decisions, risk management and much more. In this recorded webinar, find out how Import.io automates web data extraction and enables you to transform the…
Have you ever needed to analyze web data as if you were in another country? Often, this is difficult, because some websites serve different content based on the IP address of the user. Import.io country-based extractors solve this dilemma by enabling you to extract data as if you are located…
From Extraction to Transformation to Insights Tapping into web data represents a competitive imperative for organizations across a wide range of industries, including retail, manufacturing, equity research, insurance, data science, and marketing. By using web data in critical decision processes, organizations gain the intelligence needed to optimize: Product and pricing…
Want to monitor and analyze product offerings and pricing in each country you serve? Need to ensure price compliance globally, in each country’s currency? Want to analyze customer sentiment and rankings from Amazon based on country? Need to aggregate “local” news from around the world? Import.io country-based data extraction now provides…
Original article at iNews: Moving away from theoretical models The ONS has also recently begun experimenting with web scraping to collect consumer price information; it has so far managed to collect 7,000 price quotes in a single day for a selection of grocery items on large supermarket websites; more than…
Import.io Transform helps customers reduce the time it takes to prepare data for analysis by cleaning the data directly in Import.io. Below is a walk-through of using Transform to clean and prepare data from Amazon.com and analyze customer ratings by brand. Our end-goal is to visualize and monitor how different brands…
Data analytics tools can help deliver that value and bring that data to life. A lot of hard work goes into extracting and transforming data into a usable format, but once that’s done, data analytics can provide users with greater insights into their customers, business, and industry. There are three…
