Expanding Your Chain Without Adding Stores? Look to Kroger as a Model

Posted by Danielle Yanskey on Nov 18, 2021 6:00:00 AM

If you’re in the grocery industry or you pay attention to industry news, you’ve probably heard: the largest supermarket chain the country, Kroger, is expanding into Florida. But…they intend to do so without opening a single store in the Sunshine State.

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Topics: Omnichannel Retail, Bricks and Mortar Retail, Retail Site Selection, Analytics Solution, Grocery

Will the 2020 Holiday Shopping Season be an Anomaly?

Posted by Lance Blick on Dec 18, 2020 5:30:00 AM

It’s probably unanimous: we’re all eager to wrap up this year.

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Topics: Omnichannel Retail, Bricks and Mortar Retail, Retail Industry

Embracing Omnichannel: E-commerce Strategies for Brick-and-Mortar Businesses

Posted by Lance Blick on Aug 24, 2020 4:24:22 PM

At the end of March 2020, the world of retail was struggling in ways it has never struggled before.

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Topics: Smart Retail Growth, Omnichannel Retail, Bricks and Mortar Retail, Retail Industry, Coronavirus, Grocery

Store and Site Sales Forecasting in the COVID-19 Environment

Posted by Lance Blick on Jul 7, 2020 9:34:46 AM

In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. The normal routine of socializing, going to work, shopping and dining became social distancing, telecommuting and stay at home orders. 

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Topics: Model Builder, Bricks and Mortar Retail, Analyzing Retail Sites, Coronavirus, Sales Forecasting

A Look at Retail’s Renaissance in 2019, Per IHL Group

Posted by Lance Blick on Jan 14, 2020 10:14:00 AM

There are two scary words that nobody in the retail industry likes to hear: retail apocalypse.

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Topics: Smart Retail Growth, Retail Apocalypse, Data Study, Bricks and Mortar Retail, Retail Industry, Retail Site Selection

Omnichannel Retail: Where Bricks-and-Mortar Meets E-Retail

Posted by Lance Blick on Jan 15, 2019 5:17:00 AM

We’ve talked before on this blog about the general impression that brick-and-mortar retail is dying a slow death and why that simply isn’t true.

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Topics: Smart Retail Growth, Retail Apocalypse, Omnichannel Retail, Bricks and Mortar Retail, Retail Industry

Busting the Myth of the Retail Apocalypse

Posted by Lance Blick on Jun 27, 2018 4:30:00 AM

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: brick-and-mortar retail isn’t dying, it’s evolving.  Yet, browse the latest articles on retail development and it might not seem so certain. SiteSeer’s team just returned from the International Council of Shopping Centers RECon show in Las Vegas, where attendance was down from years past. It caused us all to wonder: is the market slowing? Are deals still getting done? Is the so-called retail apocalypse actually upon us?

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Topics: Retail Apocalypse, Bricks and Mortar Retail, ICSC, Retail Industry, Restaurant Industry

Food for Thought on Amazon’s Purchase of Whole Foods

Posted by Lance Blick on Jul 21, 2017 8:05:00 AM

Anyone who knows us personally here at SiteSeer knows that many of our team members have worked for, and with, the grocery industry for many years. So, when the news came out recently that Amazon was seeking to acquire Whole Foods, we were intrigued and surprised.

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Topics: Market Research, Data Study, Bricks and Mortar Retail, Retail Industry

Is Brick-and-Mortar Retail Dying?

Posted by Lance Blick on May 3, 2017 8:00:00 AM

All it takes is a quick Google search of “retailers closing” to discover news story after news story about retail chains large and small experiencing shrinking sales and closing locations. Yes, big chains like Macy’s, JCPenney, Sears/Kmart, Payless ShoeSource, and others have been shuttering stores. Some analysts and journalists have dubbed the last few years the “retailpocalypse” and are actively predicting the demise of brick-and-mortar retail. But is retail dying?  Let’s look at some of the reasons behind recent store closures to accurately answer that question.

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Topics: Retail Data Analysis, Improving Store Locations, Omnichannel Retail, Bricks and Mortar Retail, Retail Industry

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