April 27, 2017

Panera, Popeyes and More: Major Deals to Date

The last few months have been anything but boring in the foodservice space with a number of large-scale mergers and...

By Mike Baker

April 27, 2017

Exclusive: Full NY Metro Hardware Market Share

Chain Store Guide researchers and editors are currently compiling all the data to produce the newest edition of our Hardware...

By Mike Baker

April 26, 2017

Commercial Space Needed: Restaurant Growth Chains

For this month’s piece, the Chain Store Guide research team queried the Leading Chain Tenants database and came up with...

By Mike Baker

April 26, 2017

Stage Stores, Inc.: Gordmans Added to the Mix

Stage Stores Inc. is in the midst of a strategic right-sizing initiative it began in 2015 that calls for the...

By Mike Baker

April 24, 2017

Exclusive: Full NY Metro Grocery Market Share

Chain Store Guide has released our 2017 Grocery Industry Market Share Report, and once again, the New York metro area...

By Mike Baker

March 31, 2017

Data Dive: The Largest Drug Stores That Aren't

Last month, Chain Store Guide sent out our first Drugstore Dashboard, a new quarterly feature that attempts to provide a...

By Mike Baker

March 29, 2017

JCPenney: Interactive Store-Closings Map

This month, JCPenney released the list of 138 stores it will close by the end of Q2, details of a...

By Mike Baker

March 29, 2017

Food Lion: Mapping the NC Remodels Ahead of Lidl’s Arrival

Food Lion executives have announced plans to invest more than $170 million in remodeling 93 stores in the North Carolina...

By Mike Baker

March 28, 2017

2017 Restaurant Hardware Survey Results

Last month, we broke down POS software use in the foodservice industry, and we follow up this month with a...

By Mike Baker

February 23, 2017

Lumber Liquidators: $5M Loss Marks Progress

On Tuesday, Lumber Liquidators reported net losses of $5.5 million for the fourth quarter (ending 12.31.16) – and its stock...

By Mike Baker

February 22, 2017

Payless: Store Counts and Closings

Reports surfaced in recent weeks that place unmanageable levels of debt at the heart of an internal proposal to shutter...

By Mike Baker

February 22, 2017

Aldi: 1,300 Remodels and 400 New Stores on Tap

Aldi dug deep into its pockets and pulled out $1.6 billion to remodel 1,300 US stores by 2020. The company...

By Mike Baker