September 25, 2017

Bon-Ton Struggles: Time to Ditch the Amazon Lockers?

It’s no secret that The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. has struggled in recent years. Operating at a loss since 2012, saddled...

By Mike Baker

August 24, 2017

At Fiscal Year End, Is Ruby Tuesday Ready to Sell?

In the last 12 months, Ruby Tuesday closed 95 restaurants in one fell swoop, sold its headquarters, laid off corporate...

By Mike Baker

August 23, 2017

Twenty Companies Opening 80+ Stores This Year

Chain Store Guide’s research and editorial teams have all chipped in this month to come up with twenty national retailers...

By Mike Baker

August 22, 2017

Retail POS Hardware Survey Results

This month, we return to data from Chain Store Guide’s  Retail Technology Database – data that our subscribers leverage on...

By Mike Baker

August 21, 2017

Retailer Adding Stores as Many Reduce Footprint

As store-closing announcements dominate retail industry reports, At Home, the Texas-based home décor superstore with presence in 32 states, has...

By Mike Baker

August 21, 2017

Lidl Moves into VA: Here’s a Look at the Location

As we noted last month, discount giant Lidl opened its first US stores in June, and with three openings in...

By Mike Baker

August 16, 2017

Breaking News: Mapping Joe’s Crab Shack 40+ Closures

  Joe’s Crab Shack has abruptly and without comment shuttered dozens of locations in recent days as it awaits a...

By Mike Baker

July 28, 2017

CSG’s 2017 Chain Drugstore Rankings

Published just this week, the 2017 Directory of Drug Store & HBC Chains is now available. The directory contains more...

By Mike Baker

July 27, 2017

Chain Growth Report: Chicken Rules the Roost

Chicken-based QSR and fast-casual concepts have received some press as of late for laying down serious growth while so many...

By Mike Baker

July 27, 2017

CSG’s 2017 Farm & Home Retailer Rankings

A few months ago, ahead of the release of the newest edition of Chain Store Guide’s Home Center Operators &...

By Mike Baker

July 27, 2017

CSG’s 2017 Farm & Home Retailer Rankings

A few months ago, ahead of the release of the newest edition of Chain Store Guide’s Home Center Operators &...

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July 26, 2017

Commercial Space Needed: Beauty Brands on the Move

This month, the Chain Store Guide research team queried the Leading Chain Tenants database to look at the health-and-beauty vertical...

By Mike Baker