Mike Baker

Mike Baker

May 24, 2016

Amazon’s Prime Time Is Now

In less than two years, Amazon Prime has redefined retail delivery and shaped consumer expectations for convenience and service. The...

May 23, 2016

Catching Up with Amazon

Even by its own standards, Amazon has been busy in recent weeks. Putting aside owner Jeff Bezos’ dustup with Donald...

May 23, 2016

Goodbye Texas, So Long Iowa: The Fresh Market Looks East

A week after closing the deal to acquire The Fresh Market and take it private, Apollo Management Group announced the...

May 19, 2016

DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice – May 2016

DATATRAC Personnel Updates • Beef’O’Brady’s parent company, Family Sports Concepts, named chef Stan Dorsey as the new Director of Research...

May 13, 2016

CSG Snapshot: General Nutrition Centers, Inc.

300 6th Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 288-4600 gnc.com Total Stores 9,090 Total Industry Sales $1.95 billion Year Founded 1935...

May 12, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Lowe's Companies Inc.

1000 Lowes Blvd Mooresville NC 28117 (704) 758-1000 lowes.com Total Stores 1,857 Total Sales $59.1 billion Year Founded 1946 Trading...

May 11, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Blaze Pizza LLC

35 North Lake Avenue Pasadena, CA 91101 (626) 584-5880 blazepizza.com Total Stores 131 Systemwide Sales $101 million Year Founded 2012...

May 11, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Lululemon Athletica Inc.

1818 Cornwall Ave Vancouver, BC V6J 1C7 (604) 732-6124 www.ivivva.com www.lululemon.com Total Stores 363 Total Sales $2.1 billion Year Founded...

May 9, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

500 Volvo Pkwy Chesapeake, VA 23320 (757) 321-5000 dollartree.com Total Stores 13,851 Total Sales $15.5 billion Year Founded 1986 Trading...

May 9, 2016

CSG Snapshot: Aldi Inc.

1200 N Kirk Rd Batavia IL 60510-1477 (415) 924-1005 aldi.com Total Stores 1,520 Total Sales $9.4 billion (e) Year Founded...

April 29, 2016

CVS + Curbside: Please Stay Seated

As we noted in Chain Store Guide’s April 21st, 2016 Drug Store DATATRAC, CVS has publicly launched CVS Express, a...

April 28, 2016

State of the Restaurant Industry

The first quarter results for 2016 are in, and with April almost over, it’s a good time to take a...

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