June 25, 2018

Discounter Growing Store Count by 20% per Year

Retailers that disregard Five Below as a competitor do so at their own peril. The Philadelphia-based discounter is one of...

By Mike Baker

March 28, 2018

Fast-Casual Pizza Winners Continue to Grow

A half-decade into the fast-casual, fast-fired pizza boom, two concepts have separated themselves from the pack. Over the last two...

By Mike Baker

November 27, 2017

Sheetz v. Wawa: The Tale of the Tape

After Week 12 in the NFL, the Steelers and Eagles sit atop their respective divisions. And as the year comes...

By Mike Baker

November 1, 2017

Walgreens to Close 600 Stores

Walgreens Boots Alliance released its fiscal year results yesterday, soundly beating Wall Street expectations. The company delivered net earnings of...

By Mike Baker

November 1, 2017

The Hardware Market in Houston

This month, we thought we’d have a look at some of the data from our 2017 Hardware Store Market Share...

By Mike Baker

November 1, 2017

Ranking the Top Department Stores

We recently published our 62nd annual Directory of Department Stores & Shoe Retailers, a tried-and-true look at these industries that...

By Mike Baker

November 1, 2017

Finger Linking Good: Restaurant Growth Report

In the restaurant space, the first cracks have begun to appear in the fast-casual boom while a widespread quick-serve resurgence...

By Mike Baker

November 1, 2017

Retail POS Software Survey Results

Last month was restaurants, so this month we look at data from Chain Store Guide’s Retail Technology Database – data...

By Mike Baker

November 1, 2017

Specialty Grocers: Charting 2017 Growth

In supermarket circles, 2017 may be remembered as the year Amazon entered the fray. As the Seattle giant tinkers around...

By Mike Baker

September 29, 2017

Walgreens' Purchase of Rite Aid Stores Moves Ahead

At long last, the deal that has resurfaced more times than Obamacare repeal is moving forward (for real this time...

By Mike Baker

September 28, 2017

Top Hardware Buying/Marketing Groups Ranked

Two months ago, to mark the release of the newest edition of Chain Store Guide’s Home Center Operators & Hardware...

By Mike Baker

September 27, 2017

Mapping Lidl’s Expansion – Week by Week

Lidl has arrived, and the global discount grocery giant has been opening stores at a rate of approximately 10 per...

By Mike Baker