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Emerging Brands

New brands and soon-to-open concepts worth watching

Emerging Brands

8 food halls arriving on the scene

 By Heather Lalley on May 01, 2017

Here’s an early peek at just-opened food halls, as well as those on the horizon for late this year and into 2018.

Emerging Brands

New wave of celebrity chefs try fast casual

 By Heather Lalley on May 03, 2017

Here are seven high-end operators trading in prix fixe for fast casual.

Emerging Brands

5 hotel-based concepts worth checking out

By Heather Lalley on May 16, 2017

Hotels are taking risks with high-end dining. Will the gamble pay off?

Emerging Brands

10 restaurant newcomers worth watching

By Heather Lalley on May 17, 2017

Here are the concepts making waves in the industry right now.

Emerging Brands

2017 Chicago concepts to scout

By Heather Lalley on May 18, 2017

Dine—and dash home with stealable ideas.

Emerging Brands

How—and why—to stretch the brand into retail without breaking it

By Rita Negrete-Rousseau on May 23, 2017

With U.S. restaurant sales essentially flat, more chains are capitalizing on their brand equity with forays into licensed retail products.

Emerging Brands

4 tips for branding newcomers

By Rita Negrete-Rousseau on May 23, 2017

Here’s what licensing pros see as key motivators for brands seeking licensing deals today.

Emerging Brands

8 fast-casual brands on the verge

By Scott Hume on May 25, 2017

Here are eight diverse fast-casual brands with fewer than eight locations, but with visions of going big.

Emerging Brands

6 concepts to check out on your summer travels

By Heather Lalley on May 30, 2017

More food hall action and poke proliferation in this latest roundup of concepts to scout.

Emerging Brands

4 game-changing emerging concepts

By Heather Lalley on Jun. 02, 2017

With new restaurant concepts opening (and failing) every day, it can be hard to figure out which brands merit attention. Here are four standouts, the 2017 Emerging Chains of the Year, an elite group that will be honored at the Restaurant Trends & Directions conference next month in Chicago.

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