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October 12, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Francesca’s Holdings Corp.

8760 Clay Rd Houston, TX 77080 (713) 864-1358 www.francescas.com Total Stores 663 Total Sales $439 million Year Founded 1999 Trading...

By Mike Baker

October 10, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Dollarama Group L.P.

5805 Av Royalmount Mont-Royal QC H4P 0A1 (514) 737-1006 www.dollarama.com Total Stores 1,051 Total Sales C$2.65 billion Year Founded 1992...

By Mike Baker

October 10, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Trader Joe's Co.

800 S Shamrock Ave Monrovia CA 91016-6346 (626) 599-3700 www.traderjoes.com Total Stores 460 Total Sales $12.75 billion Year Founded 1958...

By Mike Baker

September 30, 2016

Pharmacy Same-Store Sales Tracker

As Walgreens attempts to unload what now appears to be 650 stores to satisfy regulators in its bid to acquire...

By Mike Baker

September 29, 2016

Five Fast-Casual Poke Concepts to Watch

Signs are that poke is ready to shed the “emerging” piece of the “emerging trend” label that it’s picked up...

By Mike Baker

September 29, 2016

“Lackluster” Summer for Lowe’s

The summer started off with a bang for the home improvement giant when Lowe’s sealed the Rona, Inc. deal in...

By Mike Baker

September 28, 2016

Top 5 North American Candy Retailers

The editorial team at Chain Store Guide is busy finishing up work on the 2017 edition of the Directory of...

By Mike Baker

September 28, 2016

Sears Holdings: Closings Continue

Another terrible quarterly earnings report from Sears at the end of August (for Q2 ended 7.30.16) was followed by last...

By Mike Baker

September 27, 2016

Subway’s Summer of Technology

Subway spent the summer making moves (two moves, in particular) that underscore the company’s commitment to its omnichannel marketing and...

By Mike Baker

September 26, 2016

Lidl and Aldi Look Ahead

With 10,000+ stores in 27 countries, discount giant Lidl has its sights set on joining fellow German-based global discounter Aldi...

By Mike Baker

September 26, 2016

Toys R Us: Renewed Prosperity for American Girl?

Mattel subsidiary American Girl, Inc., of $100-doll fame, has partnered with Toys R Us to make American Girl branded dolls...

By Mike Baker

September 23, 2016

DATATRAC: Drug Stores and HBC Chains – September 2016

DATATRAC Personnel Updates • AmerisourceBergen Corporation announced Jerry Cline, its VP Strategic Accounts, is retiring. • Fred’s Inc. announced that...

By Mike Baker

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