Mike Baker

Mike Baker

July 11, 2018

Opened & Closed: Q2 Retail Data Mapped

This month’s Tenant Insight features a street-level view of changes in the retail and grocery space for the second quarter...

July 11, 2018

Kroger to Launch Its Own Apparel Brand

Kroger + Fashion. It’s happening. On Monday, Kroger announced that it has partnered with designer Joe Mimran (the man behind...

June 28, 2018

Breaking News: Amazon Trumps CVS Rollout

Amazon has done it again. Thursday, the company announced it had reached an agreement to acquire online pharmacy Pillpack for...

June 28, 2018

Changes at Chipotle: More Energy, More Fun, Fewer Stores

And a move to Southern California. But we already knew about that. Those are my initial thoughts from the special...

June 27, 2018

Top 10 Hardware Retailers – 2018 Edition

In advance of the July publication of the 72nd annual edition of Chain Store Guide’s Home Center Operators & Hardware Chains...

June 27, 2018

Five Below Adding 125 Stores as Growth Continues

Five Below continues to expand. The company closed 2017 with 625 stores, having grown by 103 net units, or 19.7% on...

June 27, 2018

PacSun and Eddie Bauer Find a New Home – Of Sorts

Golden Gate Capital, the owner of Pacific Sunwear of California and Eddie Bauer, announced the creation a new operating company,...

June 25, 2018

Ahold Delhaize Launches Peapod Digital Labs

While the Kroger-Ocado tech deal garnered a ton of attention in recent weeks, Ahold Delhaize USA, a subsidiary of 10th...

June 25, 2018

10 Years of Growth and Counting: Sprouts Opens #300

Earlier in June, Sprouts Farmers Market opened its 300th store, and in doing so, expanded into South Carolina for the...

June 25, 2018

Discounter Growing Store Count by 20% per Year

Retailers that disregard Five Below as a competitor do so at their own peril. The Philadelphia-based discounter is one of...

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