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Convenience Store Chains Are Absorbing Shuttered Gas Station Franchises

Convenience store chains are snapping up shuttered gas station properties, turning distressed real estate into food-forward retail formats - and…

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Community Banks Are Quietly Exiting Small Business Agriculture Loans

Community banks are quietly exiting small business agriculture loans, leaving small farm operators with fewer credit options and higher barriers…

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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Quietly Consolidating Specialty Drug Distribution

PBMs are consolidating specialty drug distribution through owned pharmacies, raising conflict-of-interest concerns for patients, employers, and regulators.

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Dollar Stores Are Quietly Retreating From Urban Markets

Dollar General and Dollar Tree are quietly closing urban stores, retreating from markets they once aggressively expanded into. Here's why…

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Retail Landlords Are Filling Vacant Anchors With Pickleball Courts

Retail landlords are converting vacant anchor spaces into pickleball facilities. Here's why the sport's court dimensions, demographics, and foot traffic…

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Corporate Bond Markets Are Quietly Crowding Out Small Business Lending

Corporate bond markets are pulling large borrowers away from banks, and the side effect is a quiet contraction in small…

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Discount Brokerages Are Quietly Eating Into Full-Service Wealth Management

Discount brokerages have quietly built out sophisticated wealth management tools that are pulling middle-market clients away from full-service firms. Here…

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Wholesale Club Chains Are Absorbing Shuttered Department Store Locations

Wholesale clubs are converting shuttered department store locations at an accelerating pace, exploiting a near-perfect physical and economic fit that…

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Retail Pharmacy Closures Are Leaving Rural Counties Without Prescription Access

Major pharmacy chain closures are creating prescription access gaps in rural counties, where no competitors exist to fill the void…

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Municipal Pension Funds Are Quietly Backing Private Infrastructure Deals

Municipal pension funds are directing growing capital toward private infrastructure deals, raising governance, fee, and transparency questions for public retirees.

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