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 22, 2019
Two months into the year and we’ve reached a point at which we can chart 2019 store closings by major...
February 14, 2019
This morning, the Commerce Department released its retail sales report for December, and the news was not good. The decline...
January 30, 2019
In the lead up to this weekend’s Super Bowl, the National Football League and Lowe’s announced last week that the...
January 30, 2019
Executive-suite activity levels have ramped up at a number of major chains recently, as the past 10 days have seen...
January 30, 2019
As part of its efforts to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, ShopKo placed the assets of 120 of its pharmacies...
January 29, 2019
Midwest department store chain Von Maur is growing. Those are two concepts – department store and growth – that we...
January 28, 2019
Domino’s, hands down, is one of the best examples of an old-school consumer-facing brand whose investment in technology (and better...
January 25, 2019
With 2018 in the books, it’s time to check out the state of the specialty grocery vertical through the lens...
January 25, 2019
With 2018 in the books, it’s time to check out the state of the specialty grocery vertical through the lens...
January 24, 2019
While Dollar Tree wrestles with activist investors fighting to force the company to unload the struggling Family Dollar chain it...
January 8, 2019
The company that became the nation’s largest retailer as Sears, Roebuck & Co. was poised this morning to end its...
December 31, 2018
Last week, CVS, under the auspices of MinuteClinic, the company’s retail medical clinic with more than 1,100 locations, expanded its...