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Latest in Strategic Growth
Aug 7, 2026/Strategic Growth
Franchise Territory Mapping: How to Draw and Defend Territories
Aug 5, 2026/Strategic Growth
Restaurant Location Strategy: How Restaurants Pick a Site
Jul 27, 2026/Strategic Growth
Business Location Strategy: How to Pick Where to Grow
Strategic Growth
73 ARTICLES
Franchise Territory Mapping: How to Draw and Defend Territories
Franchise territory mapping decides what a franchisee actually owns. Here are the four boundary methods, what Item 12 has to disclose, and how encroachment starts.
Aug 7, 2026
9 min read
Restaurant Location Strategy: How Restaurants Pick a Site
How multi-unit restaurant brands actually choose a site: pick the format first, size the trade area by drive time, forecast sales, then test the rent against the forecast.
Aug 5, 2026
9 min read
Business Location Strategy: How to Pick Where to Grow
A location strategy decides which markets you enter, in what order, and how fast, before anyone looks at an address. Here is how to build one from your own store data.
Jul 27, 2026
9 min read
Customer Profiling for Retail: Building Profiles from Trade-Area Data
A retail customer profile turns the people inside a trade area into a picture you can score against. Here is where the data comes from, how to build one, and where profiles go wrong.
Jul 24, 2026
8 min read
The Ultimate Guide to Retail Site Selection Analysis
Your ultimate guide to retail site selection analysis. Master data-driven strategies for successful store growth.
Jul 14, 2026
In Depth Guide to Site Selection and Analysis
Optimize business growth. Master effective site selection and analysis with our in-depth guide on data, AI, and strategy.
Jul 14, 2026
Site Selection Process: Guide for Multi-Location Retailers
Site selection process guide for multi-location retailers. Steps, data sources, and decision frameworks for 2026 expansion planning.
Jul 14, 2026
Real Estate Portfolio Management Software: How to Choose the Right Platform
The real estate portfolio management software category splits into four tool types. Here is how they differ, what to look for, what it costs, and how to match a platform to your portfolio stage.
Jul 13, 2026
9 min read
White Space Analysis: How to Map Untapped Market Opportunity
White space analysis finds the markets where demand for your brand exists but no store serves it yet. Here are the three conditions, the step-by-step process, and why a blank spot on the map is not the same as an opportunity.
Jul 10, 2026
8 min read
Market Opportunity Analysis: How Operators Size a New Market
Market opportunity analysis is how you decide which markets to enter next and how big the prize is in each. Here are the five inputs, the step-by-step process, and the mistakes that sink a shortlist.
Jul 8, 2026
8 min read
How to Avoid Cannibalization When You Expand
Cannibalization is cheaper to prevent than to fix. Here's the pre-lease playbook for opening new stores without stealing sales from the ones you already have.
Jul 6, 2026
8 min read
Internal Cannibalization: What It Is and How to Spot It
Internal cannibalization is when your own new product or store steals sales from offerings you already have. Here's what it is and the early signals that reveal it.
Jun 24, 2026
This Week in Retail
Store closures, expansion tracking, and original market analysis. A five-minute read every other Thursday.