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

September 26, 2017

Foodservice POS Software Survey Results

This month, we look at data from Chain Store Guide’s Foodservice Technology Database – data that our subscribers leverage on a...

By Mike Baker

September 25, 2017

Amazon Locker Names: The Top Ten List

The good folks at Amazon often look to bring a bit of whimsy into our world when they name each...

By Mike Baker

September 25, 2017

Friends of Amazon: C-Stores and Supermarkets

The supermarket industry (and plenty of other retailers) lost its collective mind for a minute or two when news broke...

By Mike Baker

September 25, 2017

Mapping the Amazon Locker Footprint

With Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods in August, many commentators, myself included, pointed to a host of strategic implications, many...

By Mike Baker

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