June 1, 2020

Buff City Soap Preferred Sq. Footage: 1,500-1,800 s.f. This handmade soap chain is focused on building its brick-and-mortar presence, with an eye on continuing to build its presence throughout the South, including Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Colorado, Ohio, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. It is also working on development deals that could quickly more than More

The growth of convenience stores shows no sign of slowing as chains improve food offerings, add sit-down dining and turn to smaller designs that feature separate window pick-up for online/app orders, with 7-Eleven leading the way as it adopts cashless shopping, mimicking the Amazon Go model. Smaller c-stores are showing up in urban city centers More

Most candy/chocolatier chains remain hopeful that they will continue to expand, even if delayed until late 2020 or even into 2021. Most of these retailers have been deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as their preferred locations tend to be in tourist-friendly and high-foot traffic spots that are currently impacted by social distancing, as well More