Mike Baker

Mike Baker

August 25, 2016

Record Sales for The Home Depot

Last December, The Home Depot established an ambitious revenue target of $101 billion for fiscal 2018. That goal required annual...

August 25, 2016

Fast Pizza and Once-Cool Casual Midway through the Year

We’re past the midway point in the year, and the general consensus finds that the foodservice industry faces an increasingly...

August 24, 2016

Alex and Ani: Positive Energy Fuels Growth

A core company belief in the power of positive energy, products made by hand in New England from recycled materials...

August 22, 2016

Wal-Mart Goes Big with Jet.com Acquisition

Wal-Mart completed the largest acquisition of an ecommerce company in the history of such things when it shelled out more...

August 22, 2016

GameStop Doubles Down on AT&T

As the number of gamers who turn to digital downloads in place of physical products when buying video games continues...

August 22, 2016

Target Struggles – in Grocery and Elsewhere

Last week’s release of Target’s second quarter earnings report and the subsequent conference call shined a light on the company’s...

August 17, 2016

DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice – August 2016

DATATRAC Personnel Updates • Ballard Brands (PJ’s Coffee, WOW Café) promoted Peter Boylan to the role of President. David Mesa...

August 11, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Fred’s Inc.

4300 Getwell Rd Memphis TN 38118 (901) 365-8880 fredsinc.com Total Stores 659 Total Sales $2.2 billion Pharmacy Sales $1.1 billion...

August 11, 2016

CSG Snapshot: PPG Architectural Coatings

400 S 13th St Louisville KY 40203-1714 (412) 434-3978 www.ppgac.com Total Stores 920 Total Sales $1.3 billion (e) Year Founded...

August 11, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Black Bear Diners Inc.

1880 Shasta St Redding CA 96001 (530) 243-2327 www.blackbeardiner.com Total Stores 81 Systemwide Sales $180 million Year Founded 1995 Trading...

August 10, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Urban Outfitters Inc.

5000 S Broad St Philadelphia PA 19112 (215) 454-5500 urbn.com Total Stores 572 Total Sales $3.4 billion Year Founded 1970...

August 4, 2016

CSG Snapshot: 99 Cents Only Stores

4000 Union Pacific Ave Commerce CA 90023 (323) 980-8145 99only.com Total Stores 392 Total Sales $1.96 billion Year Founded 1982...

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