Free-Money-Blow-Off Spike in Retail Sales Got Refueled by Spiking Prices by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2021 • 100 Comments A monstrously overstimulated economy that caused global supply chains and transportation systems to buckle.
The Amazing Explosion of New Businesses Continues as Americans Strike Out on their Own by Wolf Richter • Oct 14, 2021 • 136 Comments And my 2 cents about the high “failure rates” of new businesses, being a small-business owner myself.
A Mess: Retail Inventory Shortages in Charts, Just in Time for Holiday Selling Season by Wolf Richter • Sep 17, 2021 • 100 Comments Stimulus-fueled blow-off demand spike meets messed-up supply and transportation chaos.
What Comes After Mind-Blowing Free-Money Blow-Off Spike in Retail Sales? A Spike Doesn’t Spike Forever by Wolf Richter • Sep 16, 2021 • 140 Comments Powered by price increases.
Mallmageddon: How Far the Value of Four Live Malls, Not Zombie Malls, Collapsed this Summer by Wolf Richter • Aug 25, 2021 • 112 Comments Leaving Big Holes in CMBS as mega-landlords, such as Bookfield and Westfield’s owners, walk away.
No Brick & Mortar Meltdown for Legal Marijuana Retailers by Wolf Richter • Aug 21, 2021 • 118 Comments In California, sales at cannabis retailers hit $5.1 billion over the past 12 months.
Shortages in Charts: New & Used Vehicle Inventories Collapsed, Supply at Clothing Stores Gets Tight, Food Stores Near Normal by Wolf Richter • Aug 18, 2021 • 112 Comments Over-stimulated demand, tangled supply chains: shortages for some, plenty of supply for others.
Surging Prices, Fading Stimulus, and Shift to Services: Americans Dent Historic Spike in Retail Sales by Wolf Richter • Aug 17, 2021 • 120 Comments At cannabis shops, restaurants, and gas stations, sales hit records. At auto dealers, the biggie, sales sag.
New Vehicle Sales Slammed by Semiconductor Shortage, Record Low Inventories, Beginnings of Buyers’ Strike by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2021 • 147 Comments Frustrated by lack of choice and puffed-up prices, many customers walked.
Creditors Foreclose on Another Mall of Simon Property Group, Face Massive Loss by Wolf Richter • Jul 21, 2021 • 147 Comments As largest mall landlord in the US sheds its malls, CMBS holders, such as bond funds and pension funds, take the losses.
