May 10, 2013

Walgreens Debuts Two New Flagship Stores in May

Walgreens has had a busy month in May, celebrating the openings of two new flagship store locations in Boston and...

By Brian List

May 8, 2013

Look Who’s New

When working with a list of the top 100 apparel specialty retailers ranked by industry sales, I realized there are...

By Natasha Perry

May 8, 2013

Introducing the 2013 Database of Foodservice Distributors

The online Plus version of 2013 Database of Foodservice Distributors includes more than 4,650 companies and provides over 19,000 names...

By Linda Helman

May 7, 2013

Harris Teeter Gains Market Share in Charlotte, NC

Regional supermarket chain Harris Teeter recently reported favorable second quarter financials, where it saw sales improve by 4.3% and profits...

By Brian List

May 7, 2013

Alarming Visits to Another Penney’s Store and the Martha Stewart Relationship

Suddenly, and not very surprisingly, there seems to be a continuous rash of executive firings at JC Penney. It is...

By Arthur Rosenberg

May 7, 2013

Walmart Testing Scheduling Visibility

Walmart is piloting a program that will allow its associates to view available shifts across all departments throughout the stores...

By Matt Werhner

April 24, 2013

What's New with Holt Renfrew

Holt Renfrew & Co. announced it will open a flagship store in the spring of 2016 at Square One shopping...

By Natasha Perry

April 12, 2013

Walgreens Locations in Colorado Obtaining Solar Power

Walgreens has announced plans to expand its renewable energy initiative to Colorado. SolarCity, a provider of clean energy solutions, will...

By Brian List

April 11, 2013

Menards Growing Through An Interstate Bigger Box

For years the top three retailers listed in Chain Store Guide’s database of Home Center Operators and Hardware Chains have...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 11, 2013

Eighty Years Later and Still Goin’ Strong…

In 1933, Irving Slobod published The List of Restaurant Chains, a compilation of a few hundred restaurant operators across the...

By Linda Helman

April 10, 2013

Insight Special: JC Penney – Ron Johnson’s Gone, So It’s Back to The Future?

An Insight posted here last week noted the rather drastic, 97% pay-cut imposed on Ron Johnson by JC Penney’s board...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 9, 2013

Point of Sale Snapshot for Retail and Foodservice

Chain Store Guide’s Databases of Retail and Foodservice Technology are designed to help users identify the technologies currently implemented in...

By Matt Werhner