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Consultants outline retail recruitment work, say progress is slow but steady
Summary
Retail Strategies representatives updated the Carl Junction Board of Aldermen on retail recruitment efforts, citing gap analyses, trade-area marketing, outreach to grocers and fast-casual chains, and work on a 30-acre site and a high-school–adjacent parcel; consultants described the effort as a long-term process.
Cam South and Steven Dindy of Retail Strategies presented an update to the Carl Junction Board of Aldermen on the city’s retail-recruitment contract, describing their approach to market analysis, site cataloging, and outreach to national and regional retailers.
South said the firm uses data (gap analyses, mobile/geofence-derived consumer patterns and trade-area studies) and “boots on the ground” site tours to prepare custom marketing material for brokers and potential…
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