Dear Whole Foods: Here comes Sprouts The Phoenix-based organic grocery clearly has its sights set firmly on Whole Foods, as our Thinknum Data Lab map shows. Joshua Fruhlinger 6.15.18 6:27 PM
Data-based advice for IHOP (IHOb?): Stick to selling pancakes. Turns out people would rather have cheap pancakes instead of burgers from the restaurant chain Joshua Fruhlinger 6.13.18 1:14 PM
The fading footprint of Sears With $424 million in losses and dwindling retail foot traffic, Sears is closing another 72 stores. Here's what its retail footprint looks like, before and after. Joshua Fruhlinger 5.31.18 4:54 PM
Shopping season for health insurance is a thing. Here's what it looks like. Tracking eHealth health-insurance quotes over time reveals surges in activity at end of year, right when people jump on Obamacare open enrollment Joshua Fruhlinger 5.30.18 5:27 PM
The $20-billion plus-size fashion market is a missed opportunity This $20 billion industry is untapped and underserved. Here's the data. Amy Lamare 5.29.18 6:02 PM
The United States of Starbucks As the company shutters 8,000 stores to train 175,000 employees on racial bias sensitivity, we look at the company's current retail footprint in the US Joshua Fruhlinger 5.29.18 2:11 PM