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Downtown Long Beach Alliance Hosts Retail Academy, Gaining Tools and Strategy to Strengthen Downtown’s Commercial Corridors

City of Clanton Completes Retail Academy Workshop to Strengthen Retail Recruitment Efforts

Downtown Strategies Selected to Lead Downtown Business Recruitment for Town of Ticonderoga, New York

Why Discount Retailers Are Expanding So Fast (And What It Means for Your Community)

Is Brick-and-Mortar Retail Still Growing? What the Data Says for 2026

City of Mableton, Georgia Selects Retail Strategies to Lead Retail Recruitment Efforts

ICSC Las Vegas 2026: Prepping for the Big Show

2026 Webinar

Town of Emmitsburg Selects Downtown Strategies to Develop Downtown Strategic Action Plan

City of Cottonwood Partners with Retail Strategies to Elevate Retail Offerings

Retail Trends for 2026: What Communities Need to Know (and What to Do Next)

Watsonville, California Taps Retail Strategies for Retail Recruitment and Business Retention Services

Nash, Texas Completes Retail Academy Training with Retail Strategies Following USDA Grant Award

Texas City Officials Complete Retail Academy Training to Accelerate Retail Recruitment

Shop, Stay, Experience: Recruiting Retail That Drives Tourism and Foot Traffic

2026 Webinar

Elliott Cook Speaking

Events and Speaking Engagements on Retail and its impact on community.

Brandon Cain

Director of Community Partnerships

Watford City and McKenzie County Partner with Retail Strategies to Support Retail Growth Plan

Tavares, Florida Expands Partnership with Retail Strategies for Retail Recruitment

Gering, Nebraska Partners with Retail Strategies to Capitalize on Growth

Harlingen Economic Development Corporation Selects Retail Strategies as Retail Economic Development Partner

La Porte Selects Retail Strategies to Lead Retail Recruitment Efforts

Everman Community Development Corporation Selects Retail Strategies for Inaugural Retail Recruitment Partnership

Culver, Indiana Selects Retail Strategies for Downtown Redevelopment Initiative

Filling Storefronts: Business Recruitment for Downtowns

2026 Webinar

Free Retail Leakage Analysis – Elliott Cook Conference

We are here to help. Research is step one on your road to retail success.

Sunland Park, New Mexico Partners with Retail Strategies to Attract New Retail Development

Shelton Clevenger

Retail Development Associate

Four Oklahoma Communities Invest Grant Funding in Retail Strategies for  Community Development Services 

River City Company Partners with Retail Strategies to Recruit New Retail and Restaurants to Downtown Chattanooga 

Recruit Retail in 5 Steps

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Minden, Louisiana Completes Retail Academy Training to Implement Retail Recruitment Strategy

What’s Ahead for Retail in 2026?

2026 Webinar

Sarah Beth Stewart named to 2026 top 40 under 40

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Anson County Leaders Complete Retail Academy Training to Strengthen Commercial Development Strategy

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How Cities Can Work Better With Brokers: Lessons From ICSC’s Virtual Series

Kate Havlik

Director of Community Partnerships

Retail Strategies Launches Dedicated Downtown Recruitment Service to Help Communities Fill Vacant Storefronts 

USDA Funding to SouthernCarolina Alliance to Provide Downtown Revitalization Programs for Fairfax and Port Royal

How Industrial Growth Fuels Retail Recruitment and Economic Development

Hitchcock Economic Development Corporation Completes Retail Academy Training Program

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Downtown Retail Recruitment Checklist

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Shreveport looks to bring in more retailers, businesses

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Building a Vibrant Future: Bedford, VA Launches Downtown Revitalization Plan

Six Arkansas Communities Chosen for 2025-26 Retail Academy Program

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Joshua Davis Recognized as Birmingham Business Journal NextGen 50 Honoree

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Drew Franklin

Marketing Coordinator

The Industrial-Retail Connection: Synergistic Strategies for Business Recruitment

2025 Webinar

Beyond Gameday Economics: How Starkville, MS is Building Year-Round Prosperity Through Strategic Town-Gown Partnerships

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