After last quarter's uplift in total sales, it is disappointing to see Build-A-Bear Workshop slump back into the red with a 1.6% decline in total revenue.
The country's largest pet supplies retailer is hoping to get a bigger share of the $5.4 billion pet care services market — the fastest growing segment in the pet category.
People in rural counties like yoga and gourmet burgers, too, but towns like Quincy, Illinois, don’t show up on the population density charts of many hot new franchising companies.
Physical retail took center stage at Chain Store Age's X/SPECS 2017 executive conference, which put a spotlight on the evolution of brick-and-mortar stores from a design, build and facilities perspective.