August 22, 2016

Target Struggles – in Grocery and Elsewhere

Last week’s release of Target’s second quarter earnings report and the subsequent conference call shined a light on the company’s...

By Mike Baker

July 28, 2016

The Path to a Walgreens – Rite Aid Merger

Rite Aid Pharmacy stock prices continued to trend downward over the past month as its planned acquisition by Walgreen Boots...

By Mike Baker

July 28, 2016

Hardware in Cedar Rapids: Why You Should Care

Here at Chain Store Guide, we recently finished up work on a number of new industry-based market share reports. And...

By Mike Baker

July 28, 2016

Another Florida Concept with Expansion Plans

With Jacksonville roots (the original opened there in 1992), a large presence in North East Florida, and Tampa-based leadership in...

By Mike Baker

July 27, 2016

Market Share in Sheboygan

A story about the town of Sheboygan, Wisconsin (not to be confused with the city of Sheboygan to its south)...

By Mike Baker

July 27, 2016

By the Numbers: Apparel Sales & the Top Sporting Goods Chains

It’s the end of July and consumers are thinking about the great outdoors – either how to get out in...

By Mike Baker

July 27, 2016

By the Numbers: Apparel Sales & the Top Sporting Goods Chains

It’s the end of July and consumers are thinking about the great outdoors – either how to get out in...

By superadmin

July 26, 2016

Walmart Pay, Thunder Bay and the Future of Payment Processing

Walmart made a pair of payment-processing moves in recent weeks that are a part of a larger long-term effort to...

By Mike Baker

July 22, 2016

East Coast Shakeup

The planned merger of retail giants Ahold and Delhaize, first announced in June 2015, seems all but certain as the...

By Mike Baker

July 22, 2016

Consolidation in the Pet-Store Space

Like dogs and cats living together. This month’s merger of Pet Valu and Pet Supermarket under the Roark Capital Group...

By Mike Baker

June 24, 2016

CVS: A Pharmacy that Cares about Health

CVS announced this week that it is expanding a 500-store pilot program launched in 2015 that tweaked its food and...

By Mike Baker

June 23, 2016

Taking Stock of the Big Chains

To mark next month’s publication of our 2016 Directory of Home Center Operators and Hardware Chains, we’ve pulled a sampling...

By Mike Baker