February 27, 2019

Home Depot & Lowes: Graphing the Results

With this morning’s Lowes earnings release, we now have results in hand from both home-improvement retail giants. As usual, Home...

By superadmin

February 26, 2019

Five Potential Dine Brands Acquisitions

Click Image to Enlarge  How We Narrowed the List 1. To develop a list of potential Dine Brands acquisition’s targets,...

By Mike Baker

February 25, 2019

Four Pizza Concepts Ready to Expand

If you’re looking for pizza chains that are a lock to add 50 or more net units this year, the...

By Mike Baker

February 25, 2019

AI in the Drive-Thru

In a development that makes absolutely perfect sense, Good Times Burgers and Frozen Custard announced that it is partnering with...

By 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...

By Mike Baker

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...

By Mike Baker

January 30, 2019

Lowe’s Partners with the NFL

In the lead up to this weekend’s Super Bowl, the National Football League and Lowe’s announced last week that the...

By Mike Baker

January 30, 2019

Loads of Leadership Changes in the Last 10 Days

Executive-suite activity levels have ramped up at a number of major chains recently, as the past 10 days have seen...

By Mike Baker

January 30, 2019

Breaking Down the Buyers: ShopKo Pharmacy Auction

As part of its efforts to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, ShopKo placed the assets of 120 of its pharmacies...

By Mike Baker

January 29, 2019

A Whole Lot More Dry Goods from Von Maur in 2019

Midwest department store chain Von Maur is growing. Those are two concepts – department store and growth – that we...

By Mike Baker

January 28, 2019

Domino’s Digital Round Up

Domino’s, hands down, is one of the best examples of an old-school consumer-facing brand whose investment in technology (and better...

By Mike Baker

January 25, 2019

Sprouts & Lucky’s Lead the Way: 2018 Specialty Growth

With 2018 in the books, it’s time to check out the state of the specialty grocery vertical through the lens...

By Mike Baker