Chain Store Guide’s Top Company Profiles provide in-depth, contextual and graphical analysis on the leading supermarket, discount, and chain drug operators in North America.

Editorial commentary delivers insight on key marketing and advertising strategies, including market overviews and competitive factors challenging each chain. Listings of executives and merchandising personnel for each company are also key features of the profiles.

Chain Store Guide’s Top Company Profiles can be used by suppliers, service providers, consultants, brokers and anyone involved in the distribution of products and services to the top retail accounts. These reports will allow users to gain a better understanding of the operations of the leading retail trend-setters and develop strategies and business plans to meet their objectives.

Here are some ways to use the report:

Company Profile – Identify company information including projected openings, projected re-modeling, prototype size, and preferred square footage

Technology Information - Identify manufacturer names and model numbers of hardware and software implemented in all locations

Company Overview- Ascertain the company’s present and future strategies

Strategic Business Plan - View company’s most important maneuvers in terms of marketing and operation.  See how best to sell to the company based on its internal thinking

Market Overview - Get an in-depth understanding of the specific retail market. Determine the relative positions of its retail players.  Evaluate immediate and future prospects of the marketplace

Specialty Departments - Determine growth opportunities for specific products and/or services. Identify number of stores per department.

Distribution Techniques – Analyze current and projected supply channel challenges and efficiencies. Understand advancements and improvements to the company’s supply chain that affect profitability

Key Personnel - Gain access to a detailed comprehensive personnel list. Find key executives, buyers, and managers to contact

Operational Hierarchy Report - Find locations of distribution centers and regional offices.  Identify the company’s organizational structure.

Ten-Year Historical Sales and Store Count - Gain insight into company performance over the previous 10 years. Compare company’s performance against its competitors. Compare store location change over the previous 10 years. Measure Average Unit Volume over the previous 10 years.

Store Count Analysis - Identify which states have a high or low volume of locations. Learn the number locations within each state

Trade Area Expansion States – Allows for a quick view of the states in which the company will expand into. Demonstrates the company’s planned expansion. Determine regions of the country in which the company plans future growth.

Locations Analysis - Analyze market entries and exits over a 12 month period. Identify store opening and closing activity by regions of the country. Draw conclusions on expansion and retraction strategies for particular markets.

Sales Per Square Foot Analysis -Measure 5-year financial performance using the common investment tool. Measure performance against Chain Store Guide’s industry average.

Market Share Analysis - Identify the retailers key core base statistical markets. Analyze market competition and positions of other retailers in key markets. Determine number of locations per market. Analyze the demographics of the company’s most predominant markets.

Marketing and Advertising Strategies - An essential compliment to the strategic business plan and distribution techniques sections. Aids analysis of where the company really plans to go. You can estimate the likelihood of success.

Competitive Analysis - Gain an understanding of the company’s competitive environment. An uncanny look at specific aspects of each company that could lead to fulfillment of its goals. Each company’s prospects considered against the background of its competitors.