Marlene Kennedy
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Down to Business: Could 'chicken wars' play out in Clifton Park? – The
Could a new version of the fast-food “chicken wars” play out in Clifton Park? It’s possible, given town approval last week for the region’s first standalone Chick-fil-A restaurant near Clifton Park Center mall, just minutes by car from the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen eatery that opened in Halfmoon → Read More
Kennedy: 'Circular economy' seeks total elimination of plastic waste
'The question is not whether a world without plastic pollution is possible, but what we will do together to make it happen' → Read More
Kennedy: Meal kits showing up in stores
Expect to see meal kits from HelloFresh in local Hannaford supermarkets later this year. The German company, which set up a U.S. base in 2013, began putting the kits into East Coast grocery chains Giant Food and Stop & Shop in June. Both are holdings of European grocer Ahold Delhaize, of which Hannaford also is part. But meal kits are an online phenomenon, right? They come via subscription… → Read More
Kennedy: 'Recapturing' Sears space in Colonie Center a slow-go
Judging from the parking lot, the lunch trade looked brisk one day this week at BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, which opened in mid-June in a portion of the former Sears Auto outparcel at Colonie Center. A similar busyness was missing from the nearby lots where shoppers used to park when visiting the mall’s Sears store, which closed last fall. Seritage Growth Properties of New York City, which… → Read More
Hudson River Skywalk connects historic Hudson River School sites
The homes of two lions of American art that bookend the Rip Van Winkle Bridge soon will be linked by the span for a more visitor-friendly way to navigate between the historic sites in Columbia and Greene counties. A key part of the so-called Hudson River Skywalk is the bridge’s rebuilt mile-long sidewalk, which has three “bump-out” vantage points from which to see the mountain and river views… → Read More
Hudson Valley road trips for history buffs and shopaholics
The Rip Van Winkle Bridge connecting Columbia and Greene counties can also be a stepping off point for road trips for history buffs and shopaholics: The Presidential Road Trip This is an ambitious undertaking, visiting the homesteads of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Hyde Park and Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook. A century separated the presidents, No. 32 and 8, respectively; their historic sites… → Read More
CommerceHub no longer publicly traded
Well, that was short-lived. Two years ago, I marveled here that it had been so long since a Capital Region company registered to sell stock to the public, a stark contrast to the rapid pace of offerings in the late-1990s and early-2000s. But in summer 2016, CommerceHub, founded by two University at Albany master’s graduates, spun off from media giant Liberty Interactive to become an independent… → Read More
Death Wish Coffee continues to grow
Death Wish Coffee Co. of Round Lake burst on to the national scene with a 30-second TV ad during the 2016 Super Bowl. Next month, it will help meet the resulting demand in far-flung places like Arizona and Ohio in a new brick-and- mortar way: on Walmart store shelves. Both steps in its story came from competitions: It won a small-business contest sponsored by Intuit QuickBooks to appear in a… → Read More
Kennedy: Business cards still have a place
A business newspaper I see occasionally ran an online poll last month asking readers about their use of business cards, given the oh-so- many electronic resources now at our fingertips. While response to the survey was modest, the paper reported a plurality of participants still found the cards useful in passing along contact information. “They are better than writing down an email address on a… → Read More
Kennedy: Consumers still drawn to paper coupons
Whether snipped or clicked, they are still a consumer favorite → Read More
Kennedy: Long-haul truck drivers in big demand
Transportation costs hurting companies' bottom line → Read More
Kennedy: Grocers jump into online ordering
That smartphone in your pocket paved the way for grocers to feel more comfortable about jumping into e-commerce with both feet. Or, rather, the ease of instant contact via text-messaging did, according to the CEO of ShopperKit, an Atlanta company that offers an order-fulfillment platform as the backbone for supermarkets’ “click and collect” services. As smartphones proliferated, texting became… → Read More
Kennedy: Task force report on plastic bags a letdown
Promised solution to New York’s plastic 'scourge' was a menu of options rather than solid legislation → Read More
Kennedy: Some Capital Region Toys R Us stores could be in peril
Analysts at investment bank have estimated that nearly 200 locations could close → Read More
Kennedy: Online shopping taking a bigger bite
Before the seasonal hubbub began in earnest, the National Retail Federation released a telling statistic: Online will be the most popular shopping destination this year. According to the trade group, 59 percent of consumers polled in its annual holiday spending survey said that was where they were headed, more than planned to shop in department (57 percent) or discount (54 percent) stores. It… → Read More
Kennedy: Golub Corp. signing on with delivery service Instacart
Golub Corp. is dipping its toe into third-party delivery of online orders. → Read More
Kennedy: Sales of Halloween items still growing
If you’re like me and thought there seemed to be more attention focused this year on decorating for Halloween, take heart: We were right. → Read More
Kennedy: Department stores losing out to discount retailers
It’s no secret that 2017 has been tough on retailers, with Macy’s, Sears and JC Penney closing stores and a handful of specialty chains filing for “Chapter 22." → Read More
Kennedy: 'Transparency' by grocery stores builds shopper trust
Product labels provide a level of transparency about what’s inside. But today’s consumers also want to know more about what goes into selling the product. → Read More
Kennedy: Fate of local Rite Aids not clear
Come next spring, will Walgreens and Rite Aid still exist cheek by jowl locally? Probably. → Read More