Our interview guest—the first in our ICSC interview series—is Lacy Beasley, President of Retail Strategies; she joins the show to discuss current trends in small- and mid-sized market retail. Topics include the importance of retail to rural markets, what retailers are doing to adjust based on market size when entering a rural market for the first time, and which retailers and restaurants are seeing the most demand from the markets themselves. In news, Advance Auto Parts sees a dip in DIY sales during their first quarter, but that doesn’t dampen their expansion plans; also, Albertsons trials an AI-based scan-and-go shopping cart.
Retail Focus 1/28/19 – Signet Jewelers May Scale Back, Big 5 Shows Signs of Rebound
Retail Focus 1/15/19 – Sears Gets Another Short Lease on Life; Early December Sales Results
Retail Focus 1/7/19 – Mall Occupancy Rates Stabilize; Fleet Farm Heads West In Expansion
Retail Focus 12/31/18 – Early Holiday Sales Numbers; Top 5 & Bottom 5 Retailers of 2018
Retail Focus 12/21/18 – Costco’s Margins; the State of Dairy in Retail; Designing a New Grocery Store
Retail Focus 12/8/18 – Shopko Shrinks; Kroger’s Non-Food Initiatives; Michaels Earnings
Retail Focus 12/1/18 – Increased Trucking Costs Snare Ross & Dollar Tree; Cyber Monday Numbers
Retail Focus 11/23/18 – Black Friday Edition with Target, Best Buy, and Retail Data Dives
Retail Focus 11/17/18 – Legacy Department Store Earnings; Walmart Impresses Again
Retail Focus 11/12/18 – More Black Friday Plans Revealed; No Celebrations At Party City
Retail Focus 11/3/18 – Sam’s Club Goes Cashier-Less; Hibbett Sports Attempts City Gear Purchase
Retail Focus 10/27/18 – Amazon Finds Increased Profitability, Tractor Supply Crushes Earnings
Retail Focus 10/20/18 – REITs’ Plans for Vacated Sears Locations, Walmart & Advance Team Up
Retail Focus 10/14/18 – Dominoes Finally Fall at Sears Holdings, C-Store Purchasing Trends
Retail Focus 10/8/18 – Costco Makes E-Commerce Strides; Stitch Fix Shows a Profit
Retail Focus 9/29/18 – Bed Bath & Beyond Falls Flat; the Changing Dynamics of Fulfillment
Retail Focus 9/22/18 – AutoZone Starts Next-Day Service; Potential Credit Card Fee Settlement
Retail Focus 9/15/18 – Two Retail Pharmacy Moves; Training & Communication in Today’s Retail Workplace
Retail Focus 9/8/18 – RH Profits From New Direction, Five Below Does It Again, Treats at PetSmart
Retail Focus 8/31/18 – BJ’s First Post-IPO Call, Good Times In Footwear Retail
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