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Location Insight Specialist, Morrisons, Bradford

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Morrisons’ Marketing function has a vacancy for Location Insight Specialist. Working collaboratively across Marketing and with Property, you’ll undertake thorough research in order to provide robust insight. We are looking for a location planning professional with outstanding, accurate data interrogation and analysis skills. You’ll use your knowledge of like-for-like locations and findings to make data driven recommendations on store performance.
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Location Insight Specialist is a vital role and you’ll build efficient ways of working, display resilience and have courage in your convictions.

What will I do in the role of Location Insight Specialist?

  • Use forecasting knowledge to work with Location Insight Analysis Manager to ensure all forecasting systems, data and models are appropriate and fit for purpose to ensure accurate investment decisions are made
  • Work cross functionally to provide key recommendations in the form of high quality Board reports for capital investment decisions, providing a thorough investigation into the factors that influence strategic CapEx decisions
  • Provide tactical input into the continual improvement of forecasting techniques and the network strategy, to help maximise shareholder value
  • Work as an integral part of any confidential project teams working on major ad hoc projects
  • Develop strong relationships with Location Insight team members with particular focus on supporting Competitor Analyst

What skills and experience do I need?

  • Understanding of latest available forecasting techniques, plus detailed knowledge of UK food competitor strategies, property and grocery food market dynamics
  • Ability to assimilate and analyse data to make critical, objective and tactical judgements
  • High degree of analytical and problem solving ability, with strong attention to detail
  • Experience working in a specialist team of spatial analysts and GIS analytical software desirable

Our aim is to offer more of what matters extends to our employees too. Join us and you can expect to enjoy great career prospects and a very competitive pay and benefits package. In addition to a competitive package, we offer a discount card for you and two friends or family members giving you 10% off your shopping in Morrisons. We also offer company share options, a highly competitive pension scheme, Life Assurance and more besides.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Closing Date 16th April 2017

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Location Planning Manager, Mid Counties Cooperative, Warwick

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The Midcounties Cooperative have an exciting opportunity to join our established Acquisitions team providing an effective and efficient service to our Operational Groups.

As Location Planning Manager you will prioritise and manage location planning requirements for the Society’s expansion plan for all of our operational groups. By setting a targeted expansion plan, you will successfully focus resource on the right sites, forecast accurate sales for new store and extensions, understand current and new store performance including the impact of competitor openings.

• Be an expert on the landscape, population and demographic change across the target trading area, with good general knowledge of the remainder of the UK
• Develop and maintain the expansion plan for the Society’s trading groups in order to identify and prioritise target locations for new site search activity
• Identify drivers of store performance; define model location criteria for existing and proposed trading formats

Reporting into the Acquistions Manager this is a permanent opportunity offering a salary of £40,000 – £45,000 per annum.

To apply for this role you will need to be ideally qualified in Geography, Economics or Town Planning.

Your must also obtain a current driving licence.

You can download the full job spec here for Location Planning Manager Mid counties Cooperative

Please forward any applications to stewart.howe@midcounties.coop

Consumer Insight Manager, London, British Land

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Role Description

  • Location: Marble Arch, London
  • Division: Insight
  • Reporting to: Insight Director

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At British Land we manage, develop and finance a portfolio of high quality properties. We are a FTSE100 company structured as a Real Estate Investment Trust. Places People Prefer is at the heart of what we do, we create outstanding places that make a positive difference to people’s everyday lives. We are proud of the scale of our portfolio: Nearly 100,000 people live or work in our properties. They are visited around 330 million times each year and over 1,000 different organisations have chosen our properties as their home. We have £18.8bn assets under management of which we own £12.8bn; our portfolio includes UK retail, Central London offices and prime residential. We have a small head office of around 250 people and outsource many aspects of our business; the size of our team encourages increased responsibility and entrepreneurialism.

The company invests significantly in understanding its customers and has created a centralised Insight department to serve the needs of the retail, Office and Residential teams. The Consumer Insight Manager will have access to a significant wealth of customer data:-

  • 150,000 shopper surveys completed over the last 3 years.
  • Retailer sales data achieved from 90% of multi-let assets.
  • 10 million session hits per year on their websites.
  • Accurate footfall data from all multi-let assets.
  • Understanding local demographics and catchments.

The Role

  • The Consumer Insight Manager is one of three Insight Managers created to use market research, internal and external data to generate insights to help decision makers across all parts of the business optimise Asset performance, investment decisions and strategic direction. The team is supported by an Intern.
  • The Consumer Insight Manager role specifically focuses on the collation, understanding & communication of consumer data, a major focal point for British Land, contributing to development of the retail & office strategy and BL’s external positioning with investors.
  • The Consumer Insight Manager will work with a broad cross-section of the business including the asset management, investment, development, sustainability, strategy, investor relations and offices teams, up to the most senior levels across retail and offices.
  • The role will drive an insight culture by promoting the use of research, data, analytics and information to support the wider business in understanding where to play, how to win and how to measure the benefits.
  • A key part of the role is to improve the quality, quantity, regularity and consistency of B2C Insight that British Land collects and generates on their retail customers and campus visitors and establish the best and innovative way to visualise for colleagues.

This includes:

Where to play

  • Using catchment analysis to understand the development potential for extensions, refits and development projects.
  • Using data analytics to help the Retail Asset management team optimise vacancy fulfilment that complements the assets positioning within the catchment and competitive environment.
  • Support the Asset Management team in bringing the best retailers, food & beverage & leisure operators on to British Land’s assets via the collation and communication of consumer & retailer data, creating demand tension to achieve higher rents and ultimately increase the value of our assets.
  • Utilise exit surveys, online surveys and mystery shopper programme to understand and report a joined up view on customer satisfaction to encourage visits to British Land’s assets vs the competitor set.

How to measure

  • Defining and managing the Retail and Offices quantitative research programme, both in-person and online, that will identify insights on the asset catchments, customer behaviour and needs to enable the Asset Management team to optimise performance and bring in the best retailers, food & beverage and leisure operators to in turn deliver Places People Prefer.
  • Set up and embed a brand awareness and perceptions tracker across retail and offices.
  • Reviewing the different sources of customer data, how they are delivered and defining, in conjunction with the business Insight & Analytics Manager, IT and the Retail Business Development teams, a strategy & platform for the visualisation of our consumer, marketing and trading data.

Overall business

  • Build links and relationships with other areas of the business to enable a consistent, efficient and effective approach and usage of research including understanding new provider’s capabilities and new sources of insight including customer segmentations and pen portraits.
  • Support Corporate & Investor reporting with applicable analysis and insight provision.
  • Accountable for the exit survey management (retail & campus users) in terms of; question set, logistics, stakeholder consultation, analysis, debrief, adhoc requests, and insights visualisation.
  • Budget responsibility to manage a supplier network to ensure the contracts for performance monitoring, data provision and marketing intelligence meet the development and asset management team’s objectives.
  • Support the development team in understanding asset potential in terms of catchment opportunity, customer profiles, tenant fit and supporting work on residential and office potential.
  • Support Relationship Management Executive in the production of collateral for retailer meetings ultimately defining a toolkit to automate the provision of information and insights.

Stakeholders

To accomplish these objectives the Consumer Insight Manager will work with a large number of colleagues.

Within retail:

  • Asset Management including the analyst and finance teams.
  • Planning & Development.
  • Property & Centre Management.
  • Business Development (for Marketing B2C, Commercialisation, Customer Insight, Customer Relationship Management & Retailer Events).

Within the wider business:

  • Corporate, Office & Residential Marketing.
  • Development, including project teams for Canada Water & Broadgate
  • Strategy and Investor relations
  • Technology.
  • Procurement.
  • Finance.

Requirements

  • Proven strong analytical skills with experience in handling consumer and market data from multiple sources to deliver insight clearly, efficiently and effectively
  • Excellent communicator and creative report writer (advanced PowerPoint and infographic creation).
  • Ability and experience of managing numerous research agencies /projects at one given time.
  • Experience of managing a budget of c. £500k and research agency network.
  • Experience of both in-person and online quantitative research across the end to end process of requirements gathering, agency briefing, survey construction and sign-off, report writing and presenting to stakeholders.
  • Competent excel ability.
  • Proven team player.
  • Strong ability to persuade and influence at senior management level.
  • Degree qualified in an analytical, marketing, business or geography based subject.
  • Research experience of c.5 years in client or consultancy side.

Behavioural Competencies

  • Commercial & customer awareness.
  • Analytical.
  • Multi-tasker.
  • Service ethic.
  • Stakeholder management.
  • Effective Communicator.
  • Results Orientated.
  • An influencer.
  • Team player with an ability to work on their own.
  • Self-Motivation / Proactive.
  • Professional Integrity.
  • Pragmatic.

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Site Location Analyst, B&Q, Southampton

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  • Up to £35,000 plus benefits including bonus, pension, 6.6 weeks holiday
  • Southampton
  • 12 month FTC

At B&Q, we want every store visit to be the start of something big for our customers. We want them to leave with the tools, materials and inspiration they need to deliver their most ambitious projects. Join us as our Site Location Analyst and you’ll help us ensure that happens, every time, while enjoying an inspiring career too.

The owner of our store and geographic database, you’ll develop the B&Q GIS system. At your happiest digging through data and turning it into recommendations to support our business strategies, you’ll provide crucial insights on performance and opportunities across our stores, as you analyse market value, population and demographics. Managing relationships as well as you manage data, you’ll also make Geo-demographic information available to all stakeholders and work as part of the Kingfisher Site Location Teams to implement key projects. In short, thanks to your expertise, our stores will go from strength to strength, staying one step ahead to always deliver the best possible experience for our customers.

Inquisitive, analytical and with a passion for excellence, you’ll have the skills to expertly investigate, evaluate and analyse information – using your knowledge of data manipulation tools and techniques. We’re looking for someone with a relevant degree or experience of Site Location. Someone who knows Microsoft Excel inside out and has used GIS systems in a property or insights environment. A confident communicator, you’ll be able to make complex information easy to understand for any audience – and make recommendations based on logical conclusions. You’ll also be highly organised, with a meticulous eye for detail and the ability to manage several projects at once.

All across B&Q, you’ll find initiatives designed to give colleagues the opportunity to develop quicker, grow in their role, and take their careers in new directions. So make your mark, show us what you can do, and build a career to be proud of.

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Location Planning Analyst, Costco Wholesale, Watford

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  • Salary: Excellent Salary and Benefit package
  • Responsible to: James Cheesemore, Director of Real Estate, Europe
  • Location: UK Home Office, Hartspring Lane, Watford, Herts WD25 8JS

A vacancy currently exists within the Property team at our UK Home Office for a Location Analyst to take the lead in assisting us to identify new sites for warehouse openings across Europe.

Costco currently utilises CACI Insite to assist in making location decisions. We are looking for an analyst to fully utilise the value of the system and data we possess in support of our expansion plans.

The appointed candidate will help us to understand the sales potential of new sites utilising a range of GeoDemographic and consumer data. In addition, the candidate will create formal reports for review by the Board to assist in making key expansion decisions across the UK and Europe.

In addition to office based analysis you will be required to travel from time to time to proposed sites to qualify their potential on the ground. This will include France and Spain to support Costco’s intended expansion.

We would also be keen to apply the selected candidate’s GeoDemographic analysis skills to assist the Marketing Department to ensure we are reaching our target audience.

The ideal candidate will possess solid analytical skills gained ideally through a number of years working experience within a location planning or analysis environment in the retail industry.

  • Strong analysis skills
  • Experience of working with a range of GeoDemographic and non-spatial data
  • Understanding of sales forecasting
  • Solid GIS skills
  • Highly numerate
  • Articulate (verbal and written)
  • Can do attitude and a willingness to learn and grow

This is a fantastic opportunity for a location planning/analysis professional, who is looking to progress their career to join a well-recognised organisation and to help shape the site research and location analysis strategy.

To apply for this vacancy please email your CV to Pam Broadhurst, HR Admin Assistant at Costco Wholesale UK Limited on pbroadhurst@costco.co.uk

Geospatial Data Scientist, Data Insights Unit, Schroders, London

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Team Description

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The Data Insights Unit (DIU) are focused on applying data science skills and technologies to investment research, enhancing and complement the traditional ‘investor’ skills of our fund managers and analysts. A core part of this is the introduction of ‘alternative data’ into investment research. These are big, unstructured or novel data sets that are not already provided through traditional channels such as research from investment banks or through the Bloomberg terminals that every investment analyst or fund manager already has on their desktop.

The quantity of information available for investment research purposes is increasing at such a rate that traditional industry practices and skillsets are unable to absorb and process it. Global trends in digitalisation, social media, open data and technology are all creating vast streams of alternative data that are often highly unstructured and obscure. However, they contain valuable and often unique insights. The Data Insights team aims to find these new and potentially unorthodox datasets, extract the rich, hidden information they contain and use their expertise to enhance traditional fundamental research.

The team has already had successes applying geospatial analytics and visualisations to answer investor questions, and is looking to expand and build upon this capability.

Overview of role

The Geospatial Data Scientist will be a skills leader in the DIU. You will have two key accountabilities:

Firstly, to further develop the team’s capabilities for geospatial analysis including both infrastructure and skills. You will collaborate with our colleagues in IT and external vendors to ensure our server infrastructure has the appropriate hardware and software to support rapid and scalable geospatial analysis. You will also provide training and mentoring for our junior data scientists, building their geospatial skills. You will take personal responsibility for the business relevance and agility of this capability; developing it strategically in a way that builds competitive advantage for the firm.

Secondly, you will provide direct analysis to investors. Our team acts as an internal facing consultancy, providing data-driven evidence for investor-driven decisions. You will use both your specific skills as a geospatial analyst, and your more general skills as a data scientist, to support the investment desks and contribute to high quality investment decisions. On some projects you will act as a subject matter expert, providing support and coaching for the primary data scientist as they deliver geospatial analyses. On other projects you will act as the primary data scientist, and will be expected to answer the business question using an appropriate range of data science techniques and technologies. You will be supported by the team’s experts in other data science specialities, and collaborate with these experts on our larger more strategic projects. Balancing tactical and strategic priorities, you will do a mix of answering specific investor questions and developing data assets which increase the breadth of investor questions that can be answered.

The data insights unit operates in a hub and spoke model, with the hub acting as a centre of excellence for data science skills and the spokes consisting of data scientists embedded in investor teams. The Geospatial Data Scientist will be expected to work from the hub, collaborating with other hub data scientists on strategic developments and supporting the embedded data scientists in the delivery of tactical projects. The DIU currently has 9 members, with expansions to the hub taking the team size to 15 over 2016. Further expansions to the spokes are expected for 2017, which will come with associated increases in the responsibilities associated with this role.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver Desktop and server-level geospatial analyses and visualisations to inform investor decisions
  • Have the agility to leverage other non-GIS data science skills where appropriate, rather than forcing every project to be viewed through a GIS lens. Ensure the answers to investor questions are provided using the most appropriate tools and techniques for the job, whether this involves collaborating with our other experts or teaching yourself something new
  • Participate in the design and implementation of our big data technology stack, with a specific view to ensuring this platform supports large scale geospatial analysis
  • Provide training to further develop the DIU’s geospatial analysis skills
  • Support the embedded data scientists in the hub, both by mentoring them and by assisting them with projects that require your specialist skills
  • Contribute to the strategic development of our “Data Assets”. Pre-processed datasets which are applicable across a wide range of investor questions, but may involve complicated data cleaning and/or algorithm development to convert from a raw format into something useable

Skills / Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience using Geospatial Information Systems to solve business problems
  • Experience across the full data science project lifecycle, including:
    • Engaging with stakeholders
    • ETL
    • Modelling
    • Delivering Insights (reporting)
  • Strong maths and/or statistics
  • Strong coder, with fluency in SQL and at least one other language
  • Relevant degree subject (e.g. Computer Science) and 2+ years of relevant experience, or 6+ years of relevant experience

Useful

  • QGIS
  • Knowledge of common geospatial data sets globally (location data, administrative units/boundaries, census, postal geographies)
  • Experience with geospatial modelling techniques, e.g. gravity models
  • Spark, Hadoop
  • Python, R
  • Amazon Redshift, SQL Server
  • Machine Learning
  • Tableau
  • Alteryx
  • Information Visualisation, both theory and other tools (Shiny, D3, etc)
  • Experience deploying or administering GIS infrastructure, or working with IT to do so
  • Asset Management / Investment practices, knowledge of financial markets
  • Strong communication skills
  • Leadership and/or coaching skills

This job vacancy is sponsored by Mark Ainsworth, who some of you may know from previous roles in the retail industry and as a long standing member of the SLA.

Please apply direct oneline: www.schroders.com/careers or direct any enquiries to Schroders HR department by email to Sheetal Patel on sheetal.patel@schroders.com

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Site and Store Research Manager, Tesco, Welwyn Garden City

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The Tesco Property Research Team are now seeking a Site and Store Research Manager to be the voice of the customer within Property, and enable the business to make better decisions, by ensuring they reflect local customer behaviours and feedback, for now and for the future.
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The Property Research Department at Tesco is responsible for creating, bringing together and communicating insight and foresight on customers, stores and the market, at a strategic, network and local level. It’s at the forefront of driving growth across all our International businesses by playing a key role in optimising our Property Investments.

Main Responsibilities

  • Supporting the Property Cycle and approval process for all new, refresh/repurpose stores and disposal opportunities by delivering sales forecasts and supporting papers for my region inline with the required timescales.
  • Developing and maintaining the location strategy for new space within my region.
  • Owning the store briefs for sites and stores in your region, which put local customers at the heart of our recommendations and highlight the best opportunities for new offers and services. This includes leading the build a brief meetings, presenting to senior stakeholders in the wider Property and Retail teams.
  • Reviewing sites, stores and competitors in my region once launched, collaborating with the Property and Retail teams. Having an in-depth understanding of the performance of new stores in my region leading to actionable insight and recommendations that reflect customer and colleague feedback.
  • Undertaking customer research and analysis projects to improve our understanding of stores.
  • Expanding our understanding of all uses of space (including propositional ingredients, multi-channel requirements and retail partnerships), working alongside the Asset team to understand how this may shape our future local store strategy.
  • Identifying opportunities to improve our ways of working (processes as well as with teams we work with).

Ideal Candidate

Experience & Skills Required:

  • Either a previous graduate position within the Site Research team OR
  • At least 2 years experience within a role that incorporates understanding customer and/or spatial data (Geography, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics degrees relevant).
  • Understanding of demographic and spatial data.
  • Ability to interpret customer data and research into actionable insight.
  • Intermediate GIS skills.
  • Intermediate Excel and Powerpoint skills.

About the Company

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues. It s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain s Top Employers again this year.

We’re the UK’s number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.

But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business. We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It’s our people that make the difference every day – helping us make a difference for our customers

How to apply for this job…

Apply By: 30/07/2016

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Senior Network Strategy Planner – Online Property, Sainsbury’s, Holborn, London

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Sainsbury's Discover - 360x180One of the UK’s biggest and best-loved companies, Sainsbury’s serves millions of daily customers across 1,200 supermarkets and convenience stores – and, more than ever before, online.

We’re investing hugely in our Online division, leading the charge for the retail industry and, right now, we’re looking for a Senior Network Strategy Planner to bring even greater focus to our Online offering.

In a nutshell

You’ll oversee the Online expansion strategy planning process through robust network and location planning modelling. It’s about identifying growth opportunities and supporting the delivery of a strategic Online Property network plan. Not to mention recommending priority areas for investment, be they new, extended, replaced or consolidated operations.

As a Senior Network Strategy Planner, you’ll

  • Develop and maintain a live network plan to support long-term growth for the online channel, owning a rolling 5 year strategic property plan that enables us to make confident investment recommendations
  • Work in close consultation with Finance, Forecasting, Property and Online Operational Development teams to ensure that needs of stakeholders are incorporated into the plan
  • Co-develop the Online Demand Surface, ensuring we understand everything about our Online shoppers
  • Apply advanced GIS skills to ensure we present, interpret and model our data spatially
  • Identify key sales and customer trends for our recent investments, ensuring that new information is incorporated into the capacity model and the future assessment of online developments

You’ll need

  • Advanced Excel, GIS (MapInfo preferably) and PowerPoint skills
  • The ability to present complex analysis in clear and engaging ways to senior stakeholders
  • Expert knowledge of the make-up of UK Grocery market and online operators
  • Excellent numeracy and analytical skills
  • The ability and confidence to challenge and stretch thinking beyond business as usual
  • A wealth of experience within retail property / site research industry

You can apply online for this vacancy here

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Location Planner at EE, £Competitive + benefits, Home Based

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EE are looking for a Location Planner for a home based role for a 12 months fixed term contract.
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The job:

We’re showing the UK how technology can make the everyday better.

Our people are keeping our customers happy with great service, and our network, which has been named as the best in the UK, is keeping their digital lives connected. Empowered, challenged, supported and rewarded, our people are the key to our success. And the Sunday Times agrees. They’ve voted EE one of the Best Big Companies to Work For. This is your chance to join us.

As a Location Planner, you’ll work in the Retail Property team, conducting complex analysis on a wide range of locations, helping to support and develop our national portfolio plan. You’ll use your knowledge to create new opportunities for expansion, as well as producing forecasts for future trends. The data you produce and the insight you provide will drive the strategy of our Franchise team, allowing you to grow – and grow with – our business.

What you’ll do:

  • Provide key strategic and commercial sales forecasts
  • Develop plans that establish Franchise at the heart of the national portfolio plan
  • Conduct rigorous research and analysis in diverse areas
  • Work alongside our Senior Location Planner to grow our network

You’ll definitely:

  • Have experience in a similar role or a strong track record in retail telecoms
  • Demonstrate strong analytical abilities and spreadsheet skills
  • Know how to conduct retail location and site analysis
  • Show close attention to detail
  • Ability to build successful relationships and experience positively influencing stakeholders
  • Have a full driving license and the willingness to travel nationwide

What’s in it for you:

  • Competitive salary
  • Pension
  • Private Healthcare
  • Bonus
  • Company Car or Cash alternative
  • Life Assurance
  • 25 days’ holiday
  • Discounted mobile phone package
  • Discounted products and services, as well as a range of other benefits

To apply for this job please submit your application online: https://apply.ee.co.uk/vacancy/22907/description

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