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April 28, 2026
Downtown Long Beach Alliance Hosts Retail Academy, Gaining Tools and Strategy to Strengthen Downtown’s Commercial Corridors
April 23, 2026
City of Clanton Completes Retail Academy Workshop to Strengthen Retail Recruitment Efforts
April 21, 2026
Downtown Strategies Selected to Lead Downtown Business Recruitment for Town of Ticonderoga, New York
April 15, 2026
Why Discount Retailers Are Expanding So Fast (And What It Means for Your Community)
April 14, 2026
Is Brick-and-Mortar Retail Still Growing? What the Data Says for 2026
April 8, 2026
City of Mableton, Georgia Selects Retail Strategies to Lead Retail Recruitment Efforts
March 31, 2026
ICSC Las Vegas 2026: Prepping for the Big Show
2026 Webinar
March 23, 2026
Town of Emmitsburg Selects Downtown Strategies to Develop Downtown Strategic Action Plan
March 16, 2026
City of Cottonwood Partners with Retail Strategies to Elevate Retail Offerings
March 13, 2026
Retail Trends for 2026: What Communities Need to Know (and What to Do Next)
March 12, 2026
Watsonville, California Taps Retail Strategies for Retail Recruitment and Business Retention Services
March 10, 2026
Nash, Texas Completes Retail Academy Training with Retail Strategies Following USDA Grant Award
March 9, 2026
Texas City Officials Complete Retail Academy Training to Accelerate Retail Recruitment
March 2, 2026
Shop, Stay, Experience: Recruiting Retail That Drives Tourism and Foot Traffic
2026 Webinar
February 24, 2026
Elliott Cook Speaking
Events and Speaking Engagements on Retail and its impact on community.
February 17, 2026
Brandon Cain
Director of Community Partnerships
February 13, 2026
Watford City and McKenzie County Partner with Retail Strategies to Support Retail Growth Plan
February 12, 2026
Tavares, Florida Expands Partnership with Retail Strategies for Retail Recruitment
February 4, 2026
Gering, Nebraska Partners with Retail Strategies to Capitalize on Growth
January 29, 2026
Harlingen Economic Development Corporation Selects Retail Strategies as Retail Economic Development Partner
January 27, 2026
La Porte Selects Retail Strategies to Lead Retail Recruitment Efforts
January 22, 2026
Everman Community Development Corporation Selects Retail Strategies for Inaugural Retail Recruitment Partnership
January 21, 2026
Culver, Indiana Selects Retail Strategies for Downtown Redevelopment Initiative
January 15, 2026
Filling Storefronts: Business Recruitment for Downtowns
2026 Webinar
January 13, 2026
Free Retail Leakage Analysis – Elliott Cook Conference
We are here to help. Research is step one on your road to retail success.
January 13, 2026
Sunland Park, New Mexico Partners with Retail Strategies to Attract New Retail Development
January 12, 2026
Shelton Clevenger
Retail Development Associate
January 9, 2026
Four Oklahoma Communities Invest Grant Funding in Retail Strategies for  Community Development ServicesÂ
January 8, 2026
River City Company Partners with Retail Strategies to Recruit New Retail and Restaurants to Downtown ChattanoogaÂ
January 5, 2026
Recruit Retail in 5 Steps
Resource
December 23, 2025
Minden, Louisiana Completes Retail Academy Training to Implement Retail Recruitment Strategy
December 15, 2025
What’s Ahead for Retail in 2026?
2026 Webinar
December 4, 2025
Sarah Beth Stewart named to 2026 top 40 under 40
Award
November 20, 2025
Anson County Leaders Complete Retail Academy Training to Strengthen Commercial Development Strategy
Press Release
November 20, 2025
How Cities Can Work Better With Brokers: Lessons From ICSC’s Virtual Series
November 12, 2025
Kate Havlik
Director of Community Partnerships
November 5, 2025
Retail Strategies Launches Dedicated Downtown Recruitment Service to Help Communities Fill Vacant StorefrontsÂ
November 4, 2025
USDA Funding to SouthernCarolina Alliance to Provide Downtown Revitalization Programs for Fairfax and Port Royal
November 4, 2025
How Industrial Growth Fuels Retail Recruitment and Economic Development
October 27, 2025
Hitchcock Economic Development Corporation Completes Retail Academy Training Program
Press Release
October 2, 2025
Downtown Retail Recruitment Checklist
resource
September 23, 2025
Shreveport looks to bring in more retailers, businesses
Press
September 18, 2025
Building a Vibrant Future: Bedford, VA Launches Downtown Revitalization Plan
September 18, 2025
Six Arkansas Communities Chosen for 2025-26 Retail Academy Program
Press Release
September 18, 2025
Joshua Davis Recognized as Birmingham Business Journal NextGen 50 Honoree
Award
September 12, 2025
Drew Franklin
Marketing Coordinator
September 11, 2025
The Industrial-Retail Connection: Synergistic Strategies for Business Recruitment
2025 Webinar
August 27, 2025
Beyond Gameday Economics: How Starkville, MS is Building Year-Round Prosperity Through Strategic Town-Gown Partnerships
Resource, Article