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Emerging Brands

New brands and soon-to-open concepts worth watching

Emerging Brands

3 high-end retailers adding restaurants to their stores

From home goods purveyors to luxury car companies, a new crop of shops is hoping on-site restaurants will lure shoppers and keep them inside.

Emerging Brands

How Black Tap is becoming an international brand

The small chain, known for its Instagrammable Crazy Shakes, is forging big partnerships and an aggressive growth plan.

Emerging Brands

TV chef Gordon Ramsay plots U.S. expansion

By Heather Lalley on Jul. 01, 2019

Ramsay has signed a $100 million partnership deal with private-equity firm Lion Capital, according to media reports.

Emerging Brands

4 food halls incubating upstart restaurateurs

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 28, 2019

Developers aren’t relying solely on established brands, allotting space and financial support for aspiring restaurateurs to test a concept.

Emerging Brands

Bonci brings Roman-style pizza to the U.S., with some Americanized twists

By Heather Lalley on Jun. 27, 2019

The fast casual is positioned for growth far from Italy with its own take on delivery and toppings for a new audience.

Emerging Brands

Don Pablo’s, Farrell’s call it quits

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 25, 2019

The once-promising chains have shuttered their last units.

Emerging Brands

The Future 50: graduates + up-and-comers

By Heather Lalley on Jul. 01, 2019

These are the brands that have moved beyond the emerging chain ranking, along with those poised to make the list next year.

Emerging Brands

New owner shakes up ops at Crazy Dough’s Pizza as it readies for growth

By Heather Lalley on Jun. 20, 2019

Georgia Franchise Group is using a commissary approach to produce the concept’s labor-intensive dough.

Emerging Brands

As pot culture goes mainstream, Cheba Hut looks to grow—and grow up

By Heather Lalley on Jun. 20, 2019

The toasted sub concept is adding units through franchising while looking to appeal to a wider demographic.

Emerging Brands

By Chloe plots its growth by building a data warehouse

By Heather Lalley on Jun. 12, 2019

This first installment of Buzzworthy Brands, a new weekly feature on growth chains, highlights vegan fast-casual concept By Chloe.

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