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FeaturedRetail · Data Analysis
Small-Town Retail Isn't Dying. It's Being Reorganized.
Retail stores are disappearing across America — but the survivors are thriving. A deep dive into one state's data shows exactly who's winning, who's losing, and why.
14,600 stores closed and 13,600 opened in Minnesota over the last decade. The survivors are thriving — fewer stores, more jobs, higher productivity per location. Census data across 87 counties and all 50 states reveals who's winning, who's losing, and what the dollar store boom is really doing to rural America.
Kamal Grewal·April 7, 2026·Live now
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Warehousing · Data Analysis
The Shrinking Warehouse: Why New Facilities Are 46% Smaller Than 2021
An analysis of 1,816 warehouse building permits across 8 states reveals a dramatic shift: mega-warehouses are disappearing while smaller, metro-adjacent fulfillment nodes are surging. Here's what the data shows, why it's happening, and what it means for your network.
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Supply Chain · Geopolitics
The Hormuz Shock: What a 21-Mile Chokepoint Means for Your Supply Chain
The Strait of Hormuz closed on March 1, 2026 — and the supply chain consequences are just beginning to arrive. Here's what the data shows, what's coming, and what mid-market operators should do right now.
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AI · Inventory Optimization
How a Python-Based Optimization Model Unlocked $40M+ at a $1.2B E-Commerce Business
The inventory ordering system was broken — static Excel, no capacity constraints, 15%+ lost sales. Here's how we built an AI-driven decision engine that planners actually trusted, and the phased adoption strategy that made it work.
AIComing soon
Benchmarking · Data
Inventory turn benchmarks by sector — where does your business stand?
An analysis of inventory performance across 30 retailers and e-commerce companies from 2020–2024. How do your turns compare to best-in-class — and what's the gap costing you?
BenchmarkingComing soon
Inventory · Recovery
$1B in dead inventory — and how Target turned it into $40M in revenue
The strategy behind the first Target Deal Days event — how slow-moving inventory was curated, positioned, and converted into the highest-traffic moment of the event.
InventoryComing soon
S&OP · Planning
How to build an S&OP process that finance, merch, and ops actually follow
Most S&OP processes fail not because the framework is wrong, but because the teams don't trust it. Here's how I built S&OP from scratch at AEO and rebuilt it at Spreetail — and what made the difference.
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