July 23, 2018

Walmart: Same Day Delivery across US in 5 Years

Speaking at a Fortune conference last week, Jet.com founder and Walmart.com CEO Marc Lore threw down the gauntlet when he...

By Mike Baker

June 28, 2018

Breaking News: Amazon Trumps CVS Rollout

Amazon has done it again. Thursday, the company announced it had reached an agreement to acquire online pharmacy Pillpack for...

By Mike Baker

June 28, 2018

Changes at Chipotle: More Energy, More Fun, Fewer Stores

And a move to Southern California. But we already knew about that. Those are my initial thoughts from the special...

By Mike Baker

June 27, 2018

Top 10 Hardware Retailers – 2018 Edition

In advance of the July publication of the 72nd annual edition of Chain Store Guide’s Home Center Operators & Hardware Chains...

By Mike Baker

June 27, 2018

Five Below Adding 125 Stores as Growth Continues

Five Below continues to expand. The company closed 2017 with 625 stores, having grown by 103 net units, or 19.7% on...

By Mike Baker

June 27, 2018

PacSun and Eddie Bauer Find a New Home – Of Sorts

Golden Gate Capital, the owner of Pacific Sunwear of California and Eddie Bauer, announced the creation a new operating company,...

By Mike Baker

June 25, 2018

Ahold Delhaize Launches Peapod Digital Labs

While the Kroger-Ocado tech deal garnered a ton of attention in recent weeks, Ahold Delhaize USA, a subsidiary of 10th...

By Mike Baker

June 25, 2018

10 Years of Growth and Counting: Sprouts Opens #300

Earlier in June, Sprouts Farmers Market opened its 300th store, and in doing so, expanded into South Carolina for the...

By Mike Baker

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