September 26, 2016

Toys R Us: Renewed Prosperity for American Girl?

Mattel subsidiary American Girl, Inc., of $100-doll fame, has partnered with Toys R Us to make American Girl branded dolls...

By Mike Baker

August 31, 2016

The Halal Guys Nationwide Expansion by the Numbers

Famous for having the longest street-food lines in New York City since 1990, The Halal Guys are bringing their American...

By Mike Baker

August 26, 2016

Kroger Acquisition Bolsters Its Specialty Pharmacy Reach

As first we noted in the August 2016 Drug Stores & HBC Chains DataTrac report, The Kroger Co. made a...

By Mike Baker

August 25, 2016

Record Sales for The Home Depot

Last December, The Home Depot established an ambitious revenue target of $101 billion for fiscal 2018. That goal required annual...

By Mike Baker

August 25, 2016

Fast Pizza and Once-Cool Casual Midway through the Year

We’re past the midway point in the year, and the general consensus finds that the foodservice industry faces an increasingly...

By Mike Baker

August 24, 2016

Alex and Ani: Positive Energy Fuels Growth

A core company belief in the power of positive energy, products made by hand in New England from recycled materials...

By Mike Baker

August 22, 2016

Wal-Mart Goes Big with Jet.com Acquisition

Wal-Mart completed the largest acquisition of an ecommerce company in the history of such things when it shelled out more...

By Mike Baker

August 22, 2016

GameStop Doubles Down on AT&T

As the number of gamers who turn to digital downloads in place of physical products when buying video games continues...

By Mike Baker

August 22, 2016

GameStop Doubles Down on AT&T

As the number of gamers who turn to digital downloads in place of physical products when buying video games continues...

By superadmin

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