JB Research Company

Although these are challenging times for bricks and mortar retail, some are thriving. To put this into context, essential and off-price retailers tend to thrive in a downtown. But we want to highlight a few outside these categories. We aren’t doing too bad in 2021. Despite record sales drops in most retail categories except essential and off-price goods, U.S. retailers have announced 3,199 store openings and 2,548 closures, according to Coresight Research. ... https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//encouraging-n/

We are all waiting to get back to it! I have never been so anxious to get out of the house, see a movie, have lunch with friends, go on a vacation, hug my grandchildren, and just plain have some out-of-home fun!!! Many of our clients are wondering how this will all happen when we’re free to mingle again, and what will be some of the lasting trends. ... https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//trends-after-/

We are all wondering when we will be able to get out and entertain ourselves again! Whether it’s dinner and a movie, shopping, vacationing, weekend getaways, all Americans are anxiously awaiting the day when we can freely move about with no worries. To get an idea of when Americans will feel confident again entertaining themselves, Morning Consult first began tracking consumer comfort levels during the spring lockdowns, and since that time Americans became steadily more confident that they would be able to safely return to public spaces in the near future. ... https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//when-will-we-/

The Bensley Clan - 2020 was a Scary and Productive year! Restating something that's been said about a zillion times, this has been a crazy year! Beginning in February, I had two pregnant daughter-in-laws, two sons expecting their second babies. Then the pandemic hit, turning our world upside down. How would this all play out? What would happen in the hospital, giving birth with so much sickness?... https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//holiday-wishe/

This has been a banner year for additions to the the Bensley family!

When will the economy open up? When will we get out of our homes? When can we go back to work? When can we visit my kids? When will we be normal again? These are the questions that are on all of our minds as we continue to go crazy and try to adapt to these new circumstances. As a research analyst trying to predict consumer trends, lately I just throw up my hands and say, What the &$!#%? [ 229 more words ] https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//when-will-we-/

I am not in any way discounting the dangerous and dire straights we are in these days with the global pandemic and how it is affecting our health and economy. But it occurred to me when I was not doing anything this weekend (which happens a lot these days) that we are a nation of innovators, and that most of the tech innovations and discovers came from the U. [ 597 more words ] https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//nimble-respon/

A new poll conducted by Chain Store Age asked about the best customer service retailers across 160 retail sectors. The survey was based on more than 20,000 customers who have made purchases, used services, or researched data about the company from 2017 to 2020. The Top 3 made me laugh because well, look at who they are: Disney Cruise Lines [ 495 more words ] https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//the-rumors-of/

These days, my blog just seems to write itself. Experiences and new ways of accomplishing almost everything, from washing clothes to shopping, are the norm. But as humans, it takes an exceptionally long time to change our ways so that all our new activities feel stiff and unfamiliar. Take for example, shopping, my passion! Here in Napa County, we are in Phase Two A of the process. [ 659 more words ] https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//and-just-like/

Someone very famous once told me, Jill, always remember you’re a numbers gal. Every entertainment-infused real estate development has industry standard numbers that equate to profitability. All retail, dining, entertainment attractions, public assembly, hospitality, sports and cultural facilities follow set rules. So, for those of you who aren’t throwing in the towel yet, here are some simple rules and some complications, based on a couple of very simple formulas: [ 417 more words ] https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//its-the-throu/

My practice lives and dies with innovation and optimism. With most clients and friends scared to death about what this crisis will bring when it is over, or whether it will ever be over, my normally optimistic client base is taking a nap. They are shut down and not practicing good old American ingenuity. I have lived through many downturns and booms, a litany of business cycles. [ 396 more words ] https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//musings-from-/

While we’re all at home doing a bit of R&R and obsessively watching the news (oh, maybe that’s just me) for any glimmer of hope, I found some good news. While the GDP shrank by 4.8% in the first quarter of 2020 and unemployment nationally is upward of 16%, there is plenty to worry about. But some companies are expanding and hiring like mad! [ 1,018 more word ] https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//some-bright-s/

Are you as sick of washing your hands and your shelter-in-place roommate, husband, family, extended family as I am? I am ready to go ballistic if my husband puts one more item away that I just took out to use! We are all getting on each other’s nerves, and I don’t care how emotionallyeven you are (I am not!) or how much you promise yourself you will be calm, cool and collected, we are all experiencing cabin-fever and long for the days when we could go [ 420 more words ] https://jbresearchgoodtoknow.wordpress.com//notes-from-th/