Which retail analytics innovation first used geographic heat mapping to identify regional product preferences and subsequently influenced cross-border retail strategy?

In today's global retail landscape, understanding geographic patterns in consumer behavior is crucial for successful market strategies. Regional preferences, cultural influences, and economic factors all shape how consumers interact with brands across different territories. This trivia question explores an innovative retail analytics approach that revolutionized how companies understand geographic shopping patterns. Test your knowledge of this geographic retail breakthrough!

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Nielsen's GeoScan (2008) - tracking regional product scanning frequencies to identify geographic purchase patterns
Esri's RetailVision (2012) - combining demographic data with satellite imagery to predict retail location performance
IBM's Geographic Revenue Intelligence System (GRIS) (2005) - pioneering regional transaction analysis with spatial visualization
Google's Retail Mapper (2010) - correlating search trends with purchase data across geographic boundaries