Is Kroger About to Dump its High-Margin C-Stores?
Kroger appears to be poised to sell its convenience store chains in order to put more focus on its grocery business. The C-stores are...
Are Warehouses the New Thing in Real Estate Investing?
Duke Realty Corp., a REIT that has a history of investing in offices and medical properties, is buying logistics facilities (warehouses) from Bridge Development...
Where Will Amazon’s HQ2 Land?
Cities are going all out to attract Amazon's new second headquarters. The HQ2 as it is being called is attracting bids from cities around...
Would You Allow Wal-Mart to Stock Your Fridge?
A number of services have been created to get groceries to your home. Some are simply the same bagged groceries you would buy yourself...
This is your Cue to Start looking at Retail Stocks
Retail is a competitive business. The barriers to entry tend to be low and far too many publicly traded firms have businesses that aren't...
German Grocers Lead Blitzkrieg on American Soil
Aldi and Lidl, two German discount grocery businesses are invading the U.S. with competitive prices. The stores don't offer too many products, but what...
Amazon Speeds up Whole Foods Mainstream Evolution
Even before Amazon decide to purchase Whole Foods, the business was trying to adopt some of the norms in the grocery industry. But now...
Another Big Box Behemoth Submits to a New World of Retail
It's becoming difficult to keep track of the stores that have gone bankrupt this year and last. Now another hallmark of the big box...
What Will it Take to Win Amazon’s HQ2?
In the Wall Street Journal, Li Yuan tells readers of the lengths the Chinese city of Wuhan took to attract Xiaomi, a tech hardware...
Benny’s to Close Stores
A cornerstone of New England retail, Benny's, is going out of business. After serving New England shoppers since the 1920s, the Bromberg family has...