Mike Baker

Mike Baker

February 22, 2019

Taking Stock of Store Closings

Two months into the year and we’ve reached a point at which we can chart 2019 store closings by major...

February 21, 2019

DATATRAC: Restaurant & Retail Real Estate Report – February

CSG’s monthly Restaurant & Retail Real Estate Report is designed to help you stay up to date on events that...

February 21, 2019

DATATRAC: Retail and Foodservice Technology – February 2019

Foodservice • Domino’s new rewards programs rewards customers for purchasing any pizza through its app that leverages AI technology to...

February 19, 2019

DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice – February 2019

Personnel Updates • Bloomin Brands’ (145) named Jeff Carcara (Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group) as the new President of Bonefish Grill....

February 19, 2019

DATATRAC: Home Center and Hardware Chains – February 2019

Personnel Updates • ABC Supply (36) made a couple of promotions. Frank Marcoccio is now Southeast Region VP (taking over...

February 14, 2019

Breaking: Huge Retail Sales Drop, CSG Polling Proves Out

This morning, the Commerce Department released its retail sales report for December, and the news was not good. The decline...

February 14, 2019

Changes at Fred’s

Fred’s made a handful of executive moves that it hopes will help turn things around this month. Joseph Anto shed...

February 13, 2019

Amazon Goes Live with New Shopping Channel

Call it the QVC of the Amazon era, call it Twitch for infomercials, call it what you want, but the...

February 13, 2019

Lidl Brings In Ex-Aldi Exec to Head US Efforts

Lidl has slowed its roll and scaled back the projected pace of expansion since the heady days of summer 2017...

February 12, 2019

Exec Moves as Punch Bowl Social Readies to Expand

On trend eatertainment enterprise, Punch Bowl Social, a company that has garnered significant buzz in the last year, has switched...

February 12, 2019

Chipotle’s Back: 2,500 Stores and Growing

SoCal life is agreeing with the Chipotle. Last week was a big one at the company’s new Newport Beach HQ,...

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