Retail Melts Down Before Christmas in the UK, Spreads to Continent by Don Quijones • Dec 18, 2018 • 42 Comments After “the worst-on-record unbelievably bad” November, even e-commerce gets hit, not just brick & mortar, on fears Christmas sales could be terrible.
Mall Retailers Melt Down in Four Charts by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2018 • 75 Comments But e-commerce is piping hot.
My Note on Macy’s Undisclosed Brick-and-Mortar Swoon by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2018 • 54 Comments The dirty secret Macy’s is hiding.
Mattress Firm’s Moral Bankruptcy by John McNellis • Nov 6, 2018 • 40 Comments Moral bankruptcy may be one of the quickest preludes to Chapter 11.
“Double Whammy of Rising Rates for Us and Our Consumers”: AutoNation by Wolf Richter • Oct 31, 2018 • 70 Comments We knew “free money would inevitably end”: CEO Jackson. “Affordability would become an issue – particularly around new vehicles.”
Dead Meat Walking: Why Sears Will Be Liquidated by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2018 • 72 Comments Bankruptcy can only restructure debts; it cannot revive mutilated brands and bring back mauled customers.
My “Free” Advice for Sears Holding CEO Eddie Lampert by Wolf Richter • Sep 14, 2018 • 103 Comments “Don’t write any more blog posts to blame pensioners for the collapse of Sears Holding after you wasted $5.8 billion on share buybacks.”
Dead Meat Walking: Sears Revenue & Store Count to Hit Zero by 2020 by Wolf Richter • Sep 13, 2018 • 54 Comments Defying my dictum that nothing goes to hell in a straight line.
The “Call”… Alibaba and the 8 Analysts by Deep Throat IPO • Aug 29, 2018 • 33 Comments OMG! Another laugh-out-loud, gut-buster of an investor call. Come on guys, you’ve gotta stop it.
Another Sears Holdings Spinoff Dies by Wolf Richter • Aug 22, 2018 • 55 Comments Lowe’s finally seems to get the brick-and-mortar meltdown.
