September 27, 2018

American Eagle to Open Scores of aerie Stores

AEO is on the rise. The company’s most recent earnings results bettered, by far, analysts’ expectations and included year-over-year total...

By Mike Baker

September 26, 2018

Inspire Brands to Add Sonic to Its Map

Inspire Brands has made no secret that it wanted to add a burger brand to its growing portfolio since its...

By Mike Baker

September 24, 2018

Keeping Up with Publix

Publix made a couple of announcements in recent weeks that are representative of its continued expansion in the Southeast. On...

By Mike Baker

August 30, 2018

Pharmacy Sales: Ranking the Discount Chains

This month’s exclusive digs deeper into the data found in Chain Store Guide’s 2018 Directory of Drug Stores & HBC...

By Mike Baker

August 30, 2018

Orchard Supply Hardware Going Out of Business

After 87 years, Orchard Supply Hardware will soon close its doors for the last time. That was the announcement made...

By Mike Baker

August 30, 2018

Oath Pizza Inks Deal with Aramark, Poised for Growth

MOD and Blaze built their burgeoning fast-casual pizza empires via hundreds of new-store openings over the last four years. Upstart...

By Mike Baker

August 29, 2018

Walmart.com Expands Brand Offerings via Moosejaw

Less than two weeks after announcing that its ecommerce sales grew by 40% in the second quarter, on Monday, Walmart...

By Mike Baker

August 27, 2018

Wendy’s Creates a Digital Experience Organization

Wendy’s recently created what it’s calling a Digital Experience Organization and announced a reorganization of its leadership structure as a...

By Mike Baker

August 27, 2018

Kroger Eliminating Plastic Bags

But the change will be gradual. Late last week, the company announced that it would begin phasing out single-use plastic...

By Mike Baker

August 27, 2018

Target Joins Walmart in Setting Sales Records

With last week’s Q2 earnings release, Target exploded analyst’s expectations and reminded its fellow retailers that reports of its demise...

By Mike Baker

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,...

By Mike Baker

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...

By Mike Baker