US Retail Centers

USRetailCenters.com (USRC - The United States branch of TheRetailPlanet.com, Inc.) is an information/data company that uses Internet plus traditional data sources to create the proprietary, real time, ShopPoint™ database of shopping centers and major retailers. ShopPoint™ provides comprehensive coverage of over 900,000 retail locations (centers, retail districts and small clusters of retailers) --- most places where people shop in the US. In addition, the USRetailCenters.com site also offers over 1,000 different tools, reports and maps to help center owners, retailers, cities, small businesses and brokers make the best decisions about centers and retail location planning. TheRetailPlanet.com operates its own vertical search engine, data mining tools and proprietary analytical tools to provide live data and intelligence to users.

The unique USRC Scoring System rates all centers, all retail locations and all retail districts on a number of important dimensions:

• The USRC BRANDSCORE™ rates the potential of any location for over 2,000 major brands.
• The USRC RETAILSCORE™ rates the potential of any location for over 40 different types of retail activity.
• The USRC CENTERSCORE™ scores all large and small shopping centers based on their potential to attract customers and generate retail sales.
• The USRC PROPERTYSCORE™ scores all US retail locations based on their potential to attract customers and generate retail sales.
• The USRC GAPSCORE™ allows major brands and retail categories to evaluate any center or retail location for the presence of a high scoring "GAP" which suggests that there is a need for the brand or type of retail in that location.

TheRetailPlanet.com works closely as a partner with Experian, the world's largest provider of data and intelligence for consumers and businesses and Devonshire, a provider of comprehensive demographic and economic data for the United States.

For more information about the USRC ShopPoint™ database, the USRC Scoring System or TheRetailPlanet.com please contact: Marc Sternhagen (505-898-3002 ph / 505-213-0988 fax).