October 8th, 2019
Webinar~ Retail Trends: Pop-up Shops
Aug 13th, 2019
Moline’s retail options expand
Success: Moline gets an upgraded Marshalls
Focus Trends ~ Wholesale Clubs
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 ~ 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 […]
Success ~ Long lines to shop at Ollie’s in Greeneville, TN
New Ollie’s bargain outlet in Greeneville results in rush of shoppers By News Channel 11 Staff, Published: August 9, 2017 [link] GREENEVILLE, TN (WJHL) – Shoppers in Greeneville lined up early on Wednesday for the opening of a new bargain store. The excitement resulted in a line of people outside the store. The line was […]
Focus Trends: Fast Casual 2017
“Focus Trends” is a monthly article highlighting a retail category. For more insight listen to our Retail Webinar series on Fast Casual. Fast Casual: Expansion / Closures The explosive growth of fast-casual restaurants during the economic recession up to the present shook up the industry by filling an untapped niche. Fast Casuals have faster service […]
Lacy Beasley on “Why Amazon Loves Florida” || Site Selection Magazine
“Why Amazon Loves Florida” by Ron Starner, pg. 174-78, Site Selection Magazine, March 2017 [link] Hidden away off the backroads of rural Central Florida is a sprawling warehouse that represents the future of the retail industry. The 1-million-sq.-ft. (92,900-sq.-m.) Amazon e-commerce fulfillment center on County Line Road in Lakeland in western Polk County is one […]
Webinar: Planned Grocery
February 27th, 2017
Webinar: Grocery 2017
Feb 28, 2017
Focus Trends ~ Grocery 2017
“Focus Trends” is a monthly article highlighting a retail category. For more insight listen to our Retail Webinar series on Grocery. GROCERY EXPANSION & RETRACTION As the national news stories are devoted to the comings and goings of the major department and apparel stores, the grocery sector is experiencing a burst of interest with hopes […]
Webinar: Exercise & Fitness
Jan 24, 2017
Webinar: Franchise 101
Aug 9, 2016
Webinar: Casual Dining
July 26, 2016
Webinar: Sporting Goods Expansion
April 26th, 2016
Tullahoma gets ALDI
“New Stores to change ‘face’ of North Jackson St.” The Tullahoma News, by Kelly Lapczynski :: Posted on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 3:11 pm [link] The Tullahoma Planning Commission Monday night approved a site plan for an 18,142-square-foot ALDI discount grocery store to be located adjacent to Electronic Express on two acres at the […]
