Mike Baker

Mike Baker

August 23, 2018

DATATRAC: Home Center and Hardware Chains – August 2018

Personnel Updates • Huttig (16) welcomed back former CFO Philip Keipp as Senior Financial Consultant. • Lowe’s (92) hired Joe...

August 23, 2018

DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice – August 2018

Personnel Updates • Ark Restaurants Corp. (12) President and CFO Robert J. Stewart passed away. • Asian Box (7) named...

August 17, 2018

Top Supermarkets by Prescription Sales

The latest edition of our annual Directory of Drug Stores and HBC Chains is now available, and it features 1,500...

August 17, 2018

Breaking News: CAVA to Acquire Zoe’s Kitchen

CAVA Group announced today that it will acquire Mediterranean fast-casual Zoe’s Kitchen in a $300 million deal that will take...

August 16, 2018

Home Depot Bounces Back – In a Big Way

Home Depot reported Q2 earnings results this week, and the company is back on track, to put it mildly. After...

August 15, 2018

Krispy Kreme to Buy Insomnia: Mapping JAB’s Growth

JAB Holdings, the Luxemburg-based investment firm, has quickly become a force in the US restaurant industry thanks to a spending...

August 15, 2018

Schlotzsky’s Deli: 350 Remodels in 18 Months

Schlotzsky’s Deli recently discovered that the rest of America thinks Austin is cool. And with deep roots in Austin that...

August 15, 2018

JCPenney Doubling Down on the Baby Business

With the closure of all Babies ‘R’ Us stores in 2018, many retailers are hopeful of capturing a share of...

August 13, 2018

Ahold Delhaize Readying Big Stop & Shop Remodel

Change is coming to the Stop & Shop, the 414-unit East Coast banner owned by Ahold Delhaize. After putting in...

July 30, 2018

Ranking the Top 10 Clothing Stores in the US

The editorial team is busy reviewing the final files for the new edition of the Directory of Apparel Specialty Stores,...

July 27, 2018

Walmart’s Big Health and Wellness Hire

Walmart announced that it is bringing in Sean Slovenski as its new Senior VP of Health and Wellness, effective August...

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