Amazon, the Death of Brick & Mortar, Buys into Brick & Mortar by Wolf Richter • Jun 16, 2017 • 151 Comments Shares of Wal-Mart, Kroger, Costco, Target get crushed. Whole Foods soars.
What Would Yellen Do, with these Retail Sales? by Wolf Richter • Jun 14, 2017 • 62 Comments The death spiral of the department store.
Sears Canada Hires Bankruptcy Advisory Firm by Wolf Richter • Jun 13, 2017 • 51 Comments Same top firm that represents Target Canada in its insolvency proceedings.
Albertson’s Reveals Supermarket Meltdown as Global Deep-Discounters Promise Price War in Stagnating US Market by Wolf Richter • Jun 12, 2017 • 125 Comments Aldi’s $5 billion bet at a brutal time.
Is the Chain-Restaurant Recession Becoming Structural? by Wolf Richter • Jun 12, 2017 • 110 Comments A 15-month downturn, longest since 2009, and no end in sight. What gives?
Next Asset Bubble Cracks: It’s so Big even the Fed is Fretting by Wolf Richter • Jun 7, 2017 • 61 Comments Commercial Real Estate’s boom-and-bust cycle heads south.
Brick-and-Mortar Retail Meltdown Has a Busy Month by Wolf Richter • May 31, 2017 • 68 Comments After years of asset stripping by private equity firms and hedge funds.
Sears Revenues Plunge, to Hit Zero in 3 Years, Shares Jump by Wolf Richter • May 25, 2017 • 80 Comments The ingenious strategy of cost-cutting and store-closing your way out of trouble: Pretty soon, it leads to zero.
Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown No Problem: Online Retail Startups Shift into Brick-and-Mortar by Wolf Richter • May 16, 2017 • 81 Comments With a tinge of bitter irony and perhaps desperation.
Worst Restaurant Tailspin since 2009/2010 Crushes Lower End by Wolf Richter • May 12, 2017 • 72 Comments “Rising household debt load” to “suppress consumption, including eating out.”
