See the market more clearly with three weeks of LEO
Activate your SACSC Trial and experience how Lightstone Explore Online turns South African location, demographic and retail data into insight your business can act on.
Explore markets. Compare locations. Build stronger recommendations. And when you activate your Trial, you will also be entered for the chance to win a one-year subscription to LEO Explore Online.
External onboarding · Takes only a few minutes
- Three weeks of access
- Trusted South African location data
- Chance to win a one-year LEO subscription
Your next location decision deserves more than instinct
Every retail location sits within a customer market, catchment and competitive landscape. The challenge is bringing that information together quickly enough to support a confident decision.
LEO is Lightstone’s geospatial location-intelligence platform for property, retail, research, expansion and strategy teams. It helps you explore locations on a map, query the underlying market and build recommendations your stakeholders can stand behind.
The SACSC Trial gives you three weeks to see how that clearer location view can support your work.
Move from a point on the map to the full market picture
During the SACSC Trial, use LEO to explore the context that shapes a location.
Understand the people behind the place
Review demographic, household, income, age, employment and lifestyle context to assess whether an area aligns with the customer or opportunity you are trying to reach.
See the surrounding retail landscape
Bring nearby stores, shopping centres and retail activity into view so you can understand what supports a location, what competes with it and where market gaps may exist.
Compare opportunities consistently
Explore multiple locations using the same data foundation, helping teams move beyond competing opinions and build a clearer shortlist.
Analyse a radius or custom area
Look beyond a single map pin by defining the market or catchment you need to understand.
Create stronger internal recommendations
Turn location evidence into a clearer story for property committees, clients, leadership teams and other decision-makers.
Built for South African location decisions
LEO is backed by more than 20 years of South African retail expertise and data trusted by leading retail chains, banks and insurers.
- More than 1,900 shopping centres mapped
- More than 60,000 retail stores
- 19 lifestyle segments
- More than 100,000 enumerated areas
- Demographic and location information maintained to reflect the South African market
This is more than a mapping tool. LEO combines map-based visualisation with the ability to query the data behind an area, giving teams a practical foundation for site selection, market analysis, expansion and network planning.
What could you answer in three weeks?
Use your SACSC Trial to investigate a current business question, such as:
Does the market around a proposed site align with our target customer?
How do two possible locations compare?
Where does our current network have gaps or overlap?
Could a new store affect an existing location?
What demographic and retail context should support our recommendation?
Is an underperforming store in the wrong market or simply the wrong site?
Which areas deserve closer investigation for future growth?
Start with a real decision. Use LEO to test the assumptions behind it. Leave the Trial with a clearer view of what your team should do next.
Turn your exploration into business-ready insight
Exploring the market is only part of the job. The final recommendation still needs to be understood, compared and approved.
LEO’s Market Report brings geographic context together with demographic, household income, employment and nearby retail insight for a selected radius or polygon. It gives teams a structured way to support:
- Site and market comparisons
- Expansion recommendations
- Relocation discussions
- Network-planning decisions
- Lease and property conversations
- Stakeholder buy-in
Use LEO to explore. Use the Market Report to move the decision forward.
Activate your Trial. Stand a chance to win a full year of LEO.
Everyone who successfully activates the SACSC Trial during the campaign period will be entered into the competition to stand a chance to win a one-year subscription to LEO Explore Online.
That means more time to explore markets, compare locations, review your network and bring credible location evidence into everyday planning.
Campaign period
19 October–8 November 2026
Prize
A one-year subscription to LEO Explore Online
Entry
Complete the external SACSC Trial onboarding flow during the campaign period.
Competition terms, eligibility requirements and prize conditions apply.
Start exploring in three simple steps
Activate your SACSC Trial
Select the CTA and complete the short external onboarding flow.
Access LEO for three weeks
Use the Trial to explore locations, markets and the South African retail landscape relevant to your work.
Enter the competition automatically
Once your qualifying activation is complete, you will be entered for the chance to win a one-year LEO Explore Online subscription.
Three weeks can change how you see a location
The SACSC Trial opens on 19 October 2026 and runs until 8 November 2026.
Do not wait until the final day to start exploring. Activate early to make the most of your three-week access and give yourself time to investigate a real site, market or network question.
Available for a limited time to qualifying participants.
See what becomes possible when the market comes into focus
Bring locations, demographics, catchments and retail context into one clearer view.
Activate the SACSC Trial, experience LEO for three weeks and stand a chance to win a full year of smarter location planning.
External onboarding · Campaign runs 19 October–8 November 2026 · Terms apply
