Retail Strategies

The most trusted partner when recruiting businesses.

Transforming Information into Meaningful Results

Our Solution

Full Service Recruitment

Retail Strategies Recruitment is our premiere service, including all aspects of retail real estate analysis and data backed with real estate professionals connecting and advancing your community.

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Retail Education and Resources

Retail Academy is our award winning educational program. We provide data and reports to aid you in developing customized pitches that target realistic retail business recruitment.

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Community Revitalization

Rejuvenating downtown communities is a complex task and we are committed to helping you achieve it.

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Retail recruitment can be complicated.

We have 3 unique services, a library of resources and teams that are scalable to your needs.

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If you need videos on how we translate data into results and engage Private-Public-Partnerships with incentives to aid our communities, please click here.

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5 Steps to Recruit Retail

Download our five-step guide for best practices when recruiting retail in your community.

Retail recruitment pays a return in tax revenues, added jobs and an improved quality of life for your citizens. The Starter Kit includes a Retail GAP Analysis, Downtown Walkability Assessment and a Real Estate Inventory Guide.

Retail Strategies is the most trusted partner.

Amber Wilson

“In Lompoc’s first partnership, Retail Strategies was able to help recruit Planet Fitness, Blaze Pizza, Five Below, Starbucks, Ulta and Famous Footwear to our city. The assistance Retail Strategies provides will allow us to focus on protecting the businesses we have without taking our focus off of bringing in new development during COVID-19.” President, Lompoc […]

Eric Brown

City Council, Alexander City, AL “Look at Harbor Freight,” Brown said. “The tax revenue that has come to the city from that one business alone has paid for what we paid [Retail Strategies]. That’s impressive.”
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Walter W. Kelley Jr.

Associate Broker, Commercial Sales and Leasing, Arc Realty Co. My relationship with the Retail Strategies team has been extremely valuable over the last couple of years as I’ve searched for sites in the Southeast. They have been persistent and provided any information they could gather for available properties that fit my criteria. If they received […]

C. Thomas Robinson

Executive Director, Tullahoma Area Economic Development Corporation Backed by a very talented and productive supporting cast, Retail Strategies has produced compelling demographic reports for our retail program, and have updated all information on a consistent basis.  Their reputation with various corporate retail professionals and developers gives us “Instant” credibility.  When Retail Strategies tells a prospective company […]

Peter Grant

City Manager, Cypress, CA Retail Strategies has been a tremendous asset to Cypress. They have access to industry and business intelligence in an immensely competitive retail environment. The relationships they develop with commercial/retail property owners delivers results for the city because Retail Strategies excels at marketing their clients.

Sally Garland

Mayor, Crystal Springs, Mississippi “Like many rural, small, and mid-size communities, we have a tight budget and assess each investment we make. Our goal is to create a vibrant marketplace that supports current business and attracts complimentary businesses. Retail Academy was the perfect solution. The value we received from the tools, education, and experience at […]

Who we work with

A few of the retailers that have located in our partner communities.

Retailer Portfolio

What do you need in your community?

We have helped communities across the nation grow retail, revitalize downtown, and teach their community why local is a win-win.

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Additional Services

Are you open for business?

To aid in marketing your city to retailers and businesses we launch specialized retail marketing websites with the information retailers, brokers and developers most often request. Making your community information easily available for our contacts tells retailers “We are open for business.”

City Sites
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Data tells your story in industry language

Research Reports and Data are now available as a subscription service. Providing in-depth site specific demographics Subscribers can deliver pin-point, custom data to prospects. 

Research Subscription Service
Lacy Beasley

Our President, Lacy Beasley, has spoken at over 120 events including several ICSC RECon sessions. Ranging from small groups to lecture halls with over 500 attendees, her dynamic speaking style makes retail and economic development relevant as community concerns.

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Lacy Beasley Speaking Events

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We have several retail experts who can speak at your engagement on why retail matters for tax revenue and quality of life, as well as offering insider information on how retailers locate.

We offer several types of feasibility studies, including Grocery and Hotel, as well as offering Tax Incentive Financing and Opportunity Zone consultation.

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