Is This the Next Big Retailer to Melt Down? Its Bonds Crashed by Wolf Richter • May 25, 2018 • 102 Comments It was bought out by a PE firm, saddled with $8 billion in debt, and grapples with its fate.
Brick & Mortar Meltdown Pummels These Stores the Most by Wolf Richter • May 17, 2018 • 90 Comments Only about half of retail is under attack from e-commerce, but that half is getting crushed.
Jobs, Sliced and Diced by Wolf Richter • May 4, 2018 • 86 Comments Where they went, where they came from.
Another Big Retailer Gets Liquidated by Wolf Richter • Apr 18, 2018 • 53 Comments Retailers in bankruptcy are notoriously hard to restructure.
As Malls Get Crushed, Commercial Real Estate Prices Fall to Lowest in Nearly Two Years by Wolf Richter • Apr 13, 2018 • 33 Comments Leverage is why the Fed has been worried about the price bubble in CRE.
Defaults of Retailers Hit “All-Time High” in Q1: Moody’s by Wolf Richter • Apr 10, 2018 • 29 Comments Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown sets record. And Q2 starts out on the right foot.
But How Does Amazon Fit into the Jobs Report? by Wolf Richter • Apr 6, 2018 • 27 Comments Which sectors created 2.2 million jobs in 12 months? Brick & mortar melts down. Governments shed jobs too, even information tech.
Brick & Mortar Retail Meltdown, March Update by Wolf Richter • Apr 2, 2018 • 63 Comments And private equity firms are at the helm.
What Are Zombie Retail Stores Really Worth: Answers Emerge by Wolf Richter • Mar 22, 2018 • 53 Comments “Little or nothing.” Toys “R” Us and its commercial mortgage backed securities.
What Are We Going to Do with these Plunging Mall REITs? by Wolf Richter • Mar 19, 2018 • 57 Comments Brick & Mortar Meltdown: Weakest plunged 80%, the strongest “only” 30%.
