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In the July 2015 issue of ‘Business View’ magazine, Apricot Lane listed We Count People as one of their preferred vendors.   We Count People has provided a basic, standalone people counting solution to Apricot Lane since 2010.  These counters are helping to gather the critical data that is needed to run a successful retail store.  […]

 National Association of College Stores Campus Marketplace e-Newsletter > News03    People-Counters Fine-Tune Stores’ Conversion Rate June 2016          — Michael Von Glahn Conversion rate is among the most basic numbers for any retail operation, indicating the proportion of all shoppers who actually bought something. For example, if you have 300 customers in the course of a […]

In the July 2015 issue of ‘Business View’ magazine, Apricot Lane Boutique includes We Count People as one of their preferred vendors.   We Count People has provided basic, standalone people counters to Apricot Lane since 2010.  These counters help gather the critical traffic data that is needed to run a successful retail store. A people […]

We Count People will provide pilot counters for the ConTEXT Pavillion at the upcoming Campus Marketing Expo. The 2015 Expo will be held in Atlanta, GA February 20-24. The event is produced and hosted by the National Association of College Stores. We hope you will visit the ConTEXT Collaboration Lounge, Booth #3866, for more information […]

The trend among most people counting companies is to offer more sophisticated, more accurate, more expensive counting systems.  And most large retailers use those overhead thermal imaging and video sensors.  But what if you can not afford the price tag that can run thousands of dollars per store for the hardware, software, and installation?  That […]

Our last blog concerning retail counters generated quite a few phone calls and emails from folks interested in how People Counters could be used in their library.   They were able to see the benefits in for a retail store,  but could not see the justification to spend money to count patrons.   Libraries attract high volume […]

When we are consulting with our customers and helping them decide which people counter best meets their needs, we often here the question that goes something like, ‘why would I want to spend extra money in order to know how many people came in each and every hour?’.  Sure, you could spend less money and […]

Over the years, we have asked users of patron counters, people counters, and traffic counters why they count people.   Here are some of those commens, arranged by market. LIBRARY We use your infrared beam-break stand-alone patron counter in a public library setting in order to get daily attendance.  We like the patron counter because it […]