Mike Baker

Mike Baker

July 27, 2017

Chain Growth Report: Chicken Rules the Roost

Chicken-based QSR and fast-casual concepts have received some press as of late for laying down serious growth while so many...

July 27, 2017

CSG’s 2017 Farm & Home Retailer Rankings

A few months ago, ahead of the release of the newest edition of Chain Store Guide’s Home Center Operators &...

July 26, 2017

Commercial Space Needed: Beauty Brands on the Move

This month, the Chain Store Guide research team queried the Leading Chain Tenants database to look at the health-and-beauty vertical...

July 26, 2017

CSG Apparel Retailer Rankings

Here at Chain Store Guide, Senior Research Editor Natasha Perry is wrapping up work on the 2018 Apparel Specialty Stores...

July 25, 2017

Exclusive: Foodservice Printer Breakdown

Last month, we took a look at the results of Chain Store Guide’s 2017 technology survey in terms of retail...

July 24, 2017

Mapping PetSmart’s Growth after Chewy Acquisition

In May, PetSmart shelled out $3.35 billion dollars to acquire online pet retailer Chewy.com in perhaps the largest ecommerce acquisition...

July 24, 2017

Summer of Lidl: Opening Wave Hits the East Coast

Europe’s largest discount grocery retailer is officially open for business in the US, two years after establishing its US headquarters...

July 20, 2017

DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice – July 2017

Personnel Updates • Caribou Coffee and Einstein Noah Restaurant Group have a new CEO. JaB Holdings appointed Sarah Spiegel to...

July 20, 2017

DATATRAC: Home Center and Hardware Chains – July 2017

Personnel Updates • 84 Lumber named the individuals who will head up three of its four newly realigned divisions –...

July 14, 2017

CSG Snapshot: Bluemercury, Inc.

1010 Wisconsin Ave. NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20007 (202) 342-9800 bluemercury.com Parent Company Macy’s, Inc. Total Stores 131 Total...

July 13, 2017

CSG Snapshot: Wingstop Restaurants Inc.

5501 Lyndon B. Johnson Fwy. Dallas, TX 75240 (972) 686-6500 wingstop.com Total Stores 1,031 Systemwide Sales $972.3 million Year Founded...

July 13, 2017

CSG Snapshot: 84 Lumber Co.

1019 Route 519 Eighty Four, PA 15330 (724) 228-8820 84lumber.com Total Units 252 Net Revenue $2.99 billion (e) Year Founded...

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