Web Scraping to Predict Competitor Performance in Retail

Competitor monitoring is a popular and wide-ranging application for web scraping. After all, a large part of the valuable information comes from understanding the actions and strategies our competition employs. Getting accurate data on various performance indicators can be somewhat tough. Traditionally, we’d be able to get a glimpse into the financials once a year, if the company is publicly traded or publishes reports. Even then, these reports might not be as illuminating as one might think. Savvy companies will minimize any sensitive information and only report what’s necessary, such as spendings, holdings, and overall revenue. You’ll rarely find the…...