Without a doubt, a retail or other customer-facing enterprise can pin a significant portion of its success to location. Whether a grocery store, bank branch or family medical practice, WHERE one is situated is a major factor in business success. Once location is...
Who would have imagined that bottles of ketchup and mustard, and salt and pepper shakers placed in the middle of a restaurant table would ever have been viewed as a good sign for the future of restaurants? After the crazy year that restaurants and bars around the...
How can independent restaurants strike a retro-digital balance? Local and independently owned restaurants have had to make some difficult choices over the last year, but some found that solutions from the “good old days” turned out to be surprisingly helpful over the...
The COVID-19 health crisis has drastically shifted our shopping habits – and retailers’ responses to the changes. Fair or not, grocery chains and big-box retail have enjoyed an artificial advantage over their smaller, independent counterparts who were forced to close...
Manufacturers, retailers and consumer goods and services brands are probably taking a good, hard look at the behavior of the U.S. consumer. After all, what goes up eventually comes down – – and, we’re in the midst of the longest economic expansion since...
