Gary Sankary

Despite some high-profile bankruptcies, the retail vacancy rate is low, and companies need sharp analysis to select the right location.

What’s on Tap for 2024 The National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Big Show has been the unofficial kickoff for my professional year since the late 1990s. The Big Show is many things. It’s part forum, a place for retailers and their allies to share their concerns and the issues affecting their business. It’s part brainstorming and […]

I am a 45 year veteran of the retail industry. My career started in the back room of my father’s shoe store. His advice to me when I went to college, “Don’t go into retail”. After 27 years in executive leadership at Target, I now work for Esri. Here, I get to survey the retail industry holistically. I evangelize location intelligence and help retailers unlock the local insights the need to better engage customers, preform local market analysis and make key decision about store and facility optim…

DICK’S Sporting Goods used location intelligence and retail ingenuity on its way to becoming the largest retailer of its kind.