SWIPE UK Will Provide Insights Into Daily Consumer Spending Behavior
for Public and Private Companies

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–M Science, the pioneer in data-driven research and analytics, has
launched SWIPE UK, offering daily updates to key consumer spending
metrics including point-in-time revenue forecasts and insights into
cohort analytics.

SWIPE UK, with indices on spending, unique shoppers, transactions and
average ticket, spans 54 merchants across 30 publicly traded companies
and complements SWIPE US, covering over 625 US merchants across 230
publicly trading companies. The SWIPE solutions apply advanced data
science and proprietary feature engineering to optimize a panel of
millions of consumers. The addition of SWIPE UK complements our broad
suite of M Analysis written consumer research in the region.

“The impact that SWIPE UK will have on the investment community is
unprecedented. M Science is bringing transparency into the UK consumer
landscape through a purely systematic process. Creating unbiased,
near-real time insights require world-class infrastructure and top-tier
engineering talent. We are proud of this unique IP which continues to
aid our clients in making timely, yet thoroughly vetted decisions,” said
Ajay Krishna, Head of Data Science and Engineering at M Science.

SWIPE UK is available through API and/or M Data Viz, an interactive
visualization platform, where users can integrate the data feed directly
into their models. Users can customize the data to monitor a specific
investment thesis; drill into key consumer spending metrics and observe
spending behavior patterns in near real-time; perform precise,
comparative analyses across companies and industries; and, monitor
company expectations for both short- and long-term performance.

“The launch of SWIPE UK is yet another industry first for M Science. As
our European clients increasingly see value in working with data, M
Science continues to meet their needs by providing innovative
solutions,” said Michael Marrale, CEO of M Science. “We are proud
of the work that went into developing SWIPE UK as we continue to execute
on our mission to deliver actionable insights from alternative data.”

About M Science

M Science is a data-driven research and analytics firm, uncovering new
insights for leading financial institutions and corporations. M Science
is revolutionizing research, discovering new data sets and pioneering
methodologies to provide actionable intelligence. Our research teams
have decades of experience working with massive amounts of unstructured
data in near real-time to discern critical insights that help clients
make more informed decisions. We combine the best of finance, data and
technology to create a truly unique value proposition for both financial
services firms and major corporations in a variety of industries.

M Science is a portfolio company of Leucadia Investments, a division of
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF). For more information, please
visit www.mscience.com.

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