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Planet Fitness to open in Plainview, TX

Planet Fitness to open “Judgement Free” Club in Plainview  KRGV Channel 5 News, Oct. 16, 2018 PLAINVIEW, Texas /PRNewswire/ — Planet Fitness, one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the U.S. and home of the Judgement Free Zone®, today announced it will open its first location in Plainview, at […]

Shrimp Basket to open in Cullman

Shrimp Basket to open in Cullman The Cullman Times, by David Palmer, October 26, 2018 Full Article The Shrimp Basket, founded in Gulf Shores, will open in the central business district of Cullman in 2019. Mayor Woody Jacobs and the Cullman City Council made the announcement Friday. Scott VonCannon and Jeff Sommers with Retail Strategies […]

Oak Ridge ‘Blessed’ with retail growth

‘Blessed’ with retail growth The Oak Ridger, October 1, 2019 Full article Led by RS’ Scott vonCannon and Jordan Williams, the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event was open to the public and generated an engaging, diverse and dynamic Q&A session following the primary presentation. ‘For the size of this market, there is a LOT […]

Tuscumbia looks to Retail Strategies for retail recruiting

Tuscumbia looks to Retail Strategies for retail recruiting WHNT 19, published SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 by CARTER WATKINS FULL ARTICLE TUSCUMBIA, Ala. – We’re told the future is bright for one of the oldest cities in northwest Alabama. A few months ago, Tuscumbia city leaders hired an outside firm to develop a marketing strategy to recruit […]

What’s the future for retail in Martinsville?

What’s the future for retail in Martinsville? published by Martinsville Bulletin, By Paul Collins, Aug 21, 2018 Full article MARTINSVILLE – The Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce is making progress on recruiting new stores and restaurants to the area. Those projects can’t be shared, however, according to one chamber official, because negotiations are ongoing. “I […]

Lacy Beasley speaking in Paducah, KY

“Paducah Economic Development Holds Annual Meeting” Published by West Kentucky Star, August 19, 2018 Full Article The meeting’s guest speaker was Lacy Beasley, the President and COO of Retail Strategies, a full-service advisory firm that works with municipalities to bring retail and restaurant business to the community. Beasley and her team at Retail Strategies, conducted […]

The City of Monroe Adds Retail Growth as Part of its Economic Strategy

The City of Monroe Adds Retail Growth as Part of its Economic Strategy Published by Charlotte Business Journal, on Jul 27, 2018, 8:43am [link] FULL ARTICLE Retail Strategies and Monroe Partner to Expand Retail Opportunities There are many critical components which create the special livability that Union County possesses. As the population has grown exponentially […]

Lake City’s Dennille Decker discusses Retail Strategies role in retail recruiting

Dennille Decker helped rebuild chamber from ground up By CARL MCKINNEY, cmckinney@lakecityreporter.com, Lake City Reporter, June 6, 2018 Lake City Reporter Under Decker’s watch, the U.S. Highway 90 corridor in Lake City saw a boom in stores and restaurants, fueled largely by a contract the Chamber facilitated in 2013 with Retail Strategies, a retail recruitment […]

Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries to Open Fourth Tennessee location in Lawrenceburg

Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries to Open Fourth Tennessee Location With Lawrenceburg Opening on March 12 RestaurantNews.com, March 8, 2018 [link] Lawrenceburg, TN  — Already a well-known name in the South and a highly-decorated brand in the restaurant industry and franchising community, Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries is expanding its Tennessee presence and […]

Carpentersville’s retail growth rejuvenates the village.

Carpentersville getting a needed facelift Linda McDaniel-Hale, The Courier News, published December 1, 2017. [link] The Village of Carpentersville is forging ahead on making the community an impressive, rejuvenated place to live and work. First on the list is to bring new businesses to the Route 25 corridor. According to Mayor John Skillman, “The addition […]

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 […]

Bear Burnett joins the team at Retail Strategies

CRE firm hires former Books-A-Million exec by Brent Godwin, Birmingham Business Journal, Aug 10, 2017 [link] A Birmingham commercial real estate company has made a new hire with plenty of experience from a few local retail players. Retail Strategies said it has hired Bear Burnett as a retail development director. Burnett comes to the company with […]

Success~ $6.5 million development in Moline, IL

$6.5 million redevelopment at former Mills Chevrolet planned QCOnline.com, By Gerold Shelton, July 18, 2017 MOLINE — A multi-tenant redevelopment on the site of the former Mill’s Chevrolet worth $6.5 million is in the works, the city council learned Tuesday night. Ray Forsythe, planning and development director, gave an update on several restaurant and retail […]

Success ~ Moline, IL: Future is bright

Quad City Times, by Jennifer DeWitt, published Apr 1, 2017 [link] SouthPark Mall manager: ‘Future is really bright here’ More than three years ago, the new owners of SouthPark Mall in Moline made a major commitment to reinventing the tired mall. Macerich Co. invested millions into a major remodeling, demolishing the closed Sears store and […]

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 […]

Congratulations to Spring Hill, TN on new Red Robin opening

Retail Strategies was engaged by the city of Spring Hill in 2014. We identified a leakage of $22 million in the full-service restaurant category, and predicted that the market could support 5 additional restaurants. Through the course of the past 2 years we have reached out to dozens of restaurants on behalf of the city of […]

Focus Trends: Franchising

“Focus Trends” highlights one retail topic every month. ** For more on Franchising listen to our August 2016 webinar with Jania Bailey of FranNet. The Importance of Franchising Franchises are a critical element of retail that is not widely understood. This lack of awareness belies the significance of franchised businesses, even beyond the retail sector. […]

Focus Trends: Casual Dining

“Casual Dining succeeds with focus on food and fun” Nation’s Restaurant News, Jun 28, 2016 by Ron Ruggless This is part of the Nation’s Restaurant News annual Top 100 report, a proprietary ranking of the foodservice industry’s largest restaurant chains and parent companies. Dining and entertainment chain Dave & Buster’s leads segment in sales growth Casual […]

New Retail Development for Myrtle Beach

Retail Strategies partner, Myrtle Beach, moves forward on retail development. “Carol Coleman, director of planning for the City of Myrtle Beach, said the development will likely encompass several hundred thousand square feet of space with at least one major box store.” “New Retail development, box store planned for Myrtle Beach,” by Audrey Hudson, Myrtle Beach […]

Publix expansion to Greeneville

“Publix is on it’s way” The Greenville Sun, Friday, November 20, 2015 at 10:45 am [link] The Greene County Partnership and JSI Development have formally announced plans for the location of a new Publix grocery store in the Fairgrounds Plaza Shopping Center. “Totally excited!” said Jessie Lou. “Publix is such an amazing company to work […]

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 […]

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