Success: Proud partners with Cullman’s retail expansion
Is Portillo’s really coming to Moline?
WQAD Channel 8, December 1, 2017, by Tory Brecht [link to article] MOLINE, Illinois — Remarking on the recent string of restaurant and retail successes in Moline over the past year, the city’s economic development director Ray Forsythe dropped this tantalizing tidbit during a presentation to the City Council on Monday, Nov. 27. “Now, we’re […]
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 […]
Retail as a Catalyst for Economic Development
“Retail as a Catalyst for Economic Development” Lacy Beasley and Terrie Battuello ICSC RECon 2016 May 23rd, 2016 [One hour session.] During this session Beasley and Battuello start with a broad overview of retail as an economic developer rather than follower. Highlighting trends and statistics, such as 1 in 4 jobs are retail and on average […]
