FOCUS TRENDS is a monthly retail strategies article on a specific retail category highlighting growth and contraction within the market. For more information, please see our WEBINARS. Focus Trends ~ Wholesale Clubs Expansion & Closures The wholesale club sector is dominated by three major retailers: Costco, Sam’s Club, and BJ’s Wholesale Club. These stores offer […]
Focus Trends ~ Shoes
FOCUS TRENDS is a monthly retail strategies article on a specific retail category highlighting growth and contraction within the market. For more information, please see our WEBINARS. Focus Trends ~ Shoes Expansion & Closures Declines and reinventions have been the story for the shoe store sector in 2017. The bankruptcy and ensuing closures for Payless […]
Focus Trends ~ Hobby & Craft
FOCUS TRENDS is a monthly retail strategies article on a specific retail category highlighting growth and contraction within the market. For more information, please see our WEBINARS. Hobby & Craft: expansion and closures The hobby and craft retail sector is dominated by Michaels, JoAnn Fabrics and Craft, and Hobby Lobby. Although Michaels and JoAnn Fabrics […]
Focus Trends ~ Quick Service Restaurants
FOCUS TRENDS is a monthly retail strategies article on a specific retail category highlighting growth and contraction within the market. For more information, please see our WEBINAR on QSR’s. As full-service restaurants have struggled and limited-service restaurants have been volatile, quick-service restaurants have chugged along. The fast-food giants have forged ahead with innovations to keep […]
Focus Trends: Casual Dining
FOCUS TRENDS is a monthly retail strategies article on a specific retail category highlighting growth and contraction within the market. For more information, please see our WEBINAR on Casual Dining. FOCUS TRENDS: CASUAL DINING Declining sales and closures have been the story of the casual dining sector for the past year. National “casual dining” chains […]
Focus Trends~ Sporting Goods
FOCUS TRENDS is a monthly retail strategies article on a specific retail category highlighting growth and contraction within the market. FOCUS TRENDS :: SPORTING GOODS The sporting goods sector has had a tough year with Sports Authority, Golfsmith, and others declaring bankruptcy. All the while, the merger between Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s has yet […]
