The Private Equity Firms at the Core of Brick & Mortar Retail Bankruptcies by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2018 • 97 Comments An astounding list of the meltdown: PE firms doomed the retailers.
The ‘Everything Bubble’ and What Happens if Credit Freezes Up in a Credit-Based Economy by Wolf Richter • Jan 21, 2018 • 62 Comments “It could get really messy.”
Albertsons/Safeway Loses Grocery War, Lidl Gives Up? by Wolf Richter • Jan 18, 2018 • 66 Comments Price war by Amazon-Whole Foods and Aldi scuttle Albertsons’ IPO hopes as customer traffic and same-store sales drop despite promos and price cuts.
This is What Happened to Sales & Prices of Manhattan Office Buildings as Chinese Buyers are Suddenly “Absent” by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2018 • 92 Comments The formerly hottest trophy market gets a dose of reality.
Commercial Real Estate Suffers First Down-Year since 2009 by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2018 • 59 Comments A blistering boom, backed by $4.3 trillion in bank loans, ends.
Once Hot Seattle Apartment Market Hit by Onslaught of Supply by Wolf Richter • Jan 9, 2018 • 27 Comments Rents fall the most in the Amazon neighborhood, as new supply piles up.
Brick & Mortar Meltdown Reaches Movie Theaters by Wolf Richter • Jan 3, 2018 • 112 Comments Is jacking up ticket prices helpful in this environment?
Rents Plunge in the Most Expensive US Cities by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2017 • 36 Comments But many mid-tier markets are red-hot.
How to Face the Housing Crisis in Expensive Cities by John McNellis • Nov 19, 2017 • 75 Comments The lowest hanging fruit of them all: Airbnb and its ilk.
Is E-Commerce Really Crushing Brick-and-Mortar Sales? by Wolf Richter • Nov 17, 2017 • 46 Comments Some big sectors are still resisting.
