Our Strategies
The Retail Coach serves as a dedicated community economic development partner and consultant, offering customized strategies designed to stimulate retail growth. Acting as an extension of your municipality, we utilize our Retail 360 Process to effectively recruit retail businesses to your market. Our comprehensive solutions encompass retail market analysis, community planning for retail recruitment, revitalization of downtown and corridor areas, and a range of training opportunities. Together, we work to enhance your community’s retail landscape and drive economic vitality.
Our Strategies
The Retail Coach serves as a dedicated community economic development partner and consultant, offering customized strategies designed to stimulate retail growth. Acting as an extension of your municipality, we utilize our Retail 360 Process to effectively recruit retail businesses to your market. Our comprehensive solutions encompass retail market analysis, community planning for retail recruitment, revitalization of downtown and corridor areas, and a range of training opportunities. Together, we work to enhance your community’s retail landscape and drive economic vitality.
Retail Recruitment
Community leaders are increasingly tasked with the vital role of recruiting retail businesses to drive economic growth and enhance local vitality. The Retail Coach partners with these leaders to provide expert guidance and tailored strategies that attract new retailers to their markets. By leveraging data-driven insights and innovative approaches, we help communities build a thriving retail environment that not only boosts the local economy but also enriches the overall quality of life for residents. Together, we can turn retail recruitment into a catalyst for sustainable community development.
Community Trade Area Reports
A community’s consumer trade area data is crucial for making informed retail economic development decisions. Every community has a unique story to tell, and understanding the nuances of your market is essential for attracting the right retailers. The Retail Coach specializes in equipping community leaders with the data deliverables that fuel retail growth. As experts in the retail economic development and recruitment industry, we provide the insights and analytics your community needs to strategically engage retailers and foster a vibrant local economy.
Downtown Retail Revitalization
Downtowns are the heartbeat of a community, and a vibrant mix of local, regional, and national retailers is essential for the vitality of the downtown district. The Retail Coach’s approach to downtown development and retail revitalization is rooted in our Retail 360 process, which emphasizes comprehensive strategies tailored to each community's unique needs. We recognize the importance of creating quality public spaces where people can live, work, play, and shop. Let us partner with you to assess your downtown or corridor in need of revitalization, and explore how we can effectively spur retail economic development to enhance your community’s overall appeal and prosperity.
Training Workshops
Recruiting retail to a community is a vital extension of economic development and business expansion. Whether you have an in-house team ready to take on retail recruitment or are just starting to explore this process, our training workshops offer the perfect solution. Over two engaging days—available both virtually and in person—your staff will learn proven strategies developed by our team of experts over the past 25 years. With the essential data deliverables at your fingertips, you'll gain the skills to effectively market your community to retail site selectors, commercial real estate brokers, and developers, positioning your market for retail success.
