NEW YORK, May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Thasos, an
alternative data intelligence firm that transforms real-time
locations from mobile phones into objective and actionable
insights, today announced the launch of its real-time foot traffic
product, QStreams. Developed specifically for quantitative hedge
funds, QStreams is the most comprehensive dataset available that is
based on high-quality mobile phone location data. Thasos has
partnered with Battle of the Quants to make QStreams available free
of charge for a limited time via an exclusive beta program starting
May 21, 2019.
A superset of Thasos products, QStreams provides subscribers
with daily customer visitation and other fundamental metrics for
every individual store, restaurant, factory, or other location
owned or operated by more than 480 companies — over 600,000
properties across the United
States — with nearly four years of history. While the
product covers companies in every sector — from Walmart and
Chipotle to Tesla and Campbell's
Soup — the retail and REIT segments represent every U.S. public
company with more than $50 million in
market capitalization and a meaningful brick-and-mortar
presence.
QStreams and other Thasos products derive information from the
most powerful source of real-time data available today for
measuring and forecasting economic activity across business
sectors: geolocation information from over five billion phones
worldwide.
"Mobile data has a well-justified reputation for being noisy and
challenging to work with, but that's precisely what makes QStreams
so novel — the combined level of quality and coverage is
unprecedented," said John Collins,
Thasos Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer. "By partnering with
Battle of the Quants and allowing fund managers to help shape the
product through the beta program, we're offering the first data
product built by quants for quants."
The more than 480 companies whose data is captured by QStreams,
include:
Apparel Retail
Express Inc (EXPR)
Foot Locker Inc (FL)
L Brands Inc (LB)
The Gap Inc (GPS)
The TJX Companies Inc (TJX)
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury
Carter's Inc (CRI)
Lululemon Athletica Inc (LULU)
Tapestry Inc (TPR)
Under Armour Inc (UA)
VF Corp (VFC)
Casinos & Gaming
Caesars Entertainment Corp
(CZR)
Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS)
MGM Resorts International (MGM)
Penn National Gaming Inc (PENN)
Wynn Resorts Ltd (WYNN)
Food Retail
Casey's General Stores Inc
(CASY)
Smart & Final Stores Inc (SFS)
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM)
Kroger Co (KR)
Weis Markets Inc (WMK)
General Merchandise Stores
Big Lots Inc (BIG)
Dollar General Corp (DG)
Dollar Tree Inc
(DLTR)
Target Corp (TGT)
Tuesday Morning Corp (TUES)
Home Improvement Retail
Floor & Decor Holdings Inc
(FND)
Lowe's Companies Inc (LOW)
Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (LL)
The Home Depot Inc (HD)
Tile Shop Holdings Inc (TTS)
Home Furnishing Retail
Aaron's Inc (AAN)
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (BBBY)
Pier 1 Imports Inc (PIR)
RH (RH)
Williams-Sonoma Inc (WSM)
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc
(HLT)
Hyatt Hotels Corp (H)
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG)
Marriott International Inc (MAR)
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts (WH)
Restaurants
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc
(CMG)
Domino's Pizza Inc (DPZ)
Dunkin' Brands Group Inc (DNKN)
McDonald's Corp (MCD)
Shake Shack Inc (SHAK)
Offering QStreams to emerging quantitative hedge funds through
the beta program gives those without a significant data budget an
opportunity to participate before the product is later released
through Thasos' channel partners.
The three-month beta program will give hedge funds with under
$1 billion in assets under management
(AUM) complete access to the live QStreams data at no cost. Through
regular communications with Thasos, participants will provide
feedback that helps to refine the QStreams product. The program
will only be available to those emerging hedge funds attending the
Battle of the Quants conference happening in New York City from May
21 to May 22, 2019. In its 12th year, the
conference is a must-attend industry event bringing together
quantitative hedge funds, asset allocators and academia to explore
and discuss the critical issues confronting the quantitative
approach to finance. All hedge funds interested in participating in
the exclusive beta program must register through Battle of the
Quants.
"Battle of the Quants was launched to directly address the
unique challenges and opportunities facing the quantitative hedge
fund industry, and Thasos is now doing the same thing with
QStreams," said Bartt Kellerman,
Founder of Battle of the Quants, and Founder and CEO of Global
Capital Acquisition. "Having spent many years in the hedge fund
industry, I think we have a good sense of when a product is unique
and worthwhile. QStreams and the Thasos beta program are truly an
exceptional offering that can help bring emerging quant hedge funds
to the next level."
For more information on Battle of the Quants, visit
battleofthequants.com. To register for the event, visit
battleofthequants.com/register-2/.
About Thasos
Thasos is an award-winning alternative data intelligence firm
based in New York City. Founded in 2011, Thasos transforms
real-time location pings from mobile phones into objective and
actionable information on the performance of businesses, markets,
and economies worldwide. Clients include institutional investors
and commercial real estate firms, who receive daily customer
visitation and related customer attributes for thousands of
properties linked to private and publicly traded companies across
the U.S.
Thasos' management, investors and advisors are a who's who of
data scientists, hedge fund executives and academics, including PDT
Co-Founder Ken Nickerson, Acadian Asset Management
Founder Gary Bergstrom, MIT Media Lab Co-Creator Sandy
Pentland and Andrew Lo, Director of the Laboratory for
Financial Engineering at the MIT Sloan School of
Management.
For more information on Thasos, please visit thasos.com or write
info@thasos.com.
Michael Kingsley
Forefront Communications for Thasos
212-320-8984
mkingsley@forefrontcomms.com
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