The Academy provided the opportunity for County representatives to learn from retail industry experts specific strategies for retail recruitment. Topics included the importance of national retail recruitment, locality specific demographic research, retail gap analysis, peer market identification, targeting priority retail categories, the impact of retail grocery stores/food access to communities, and the development of marketing guides that help brand communities for retail success.
https://www.progress-index.com/news/20191101/vgr-puts-pieces-of-area-retail-puzzle-together