Costco Gets Whacked by Inflation by Wolf Richter • Mar 2, 2017 • 62 Comments Costs went up faster than sales, and now its high-flying stock is tanking.
So What Are We Going to Do with the Retail Malls? by Wolf Richter • Feb 28, 2017 • 98 Comments The Painstaking Relentless Collapse of Brick-and-Mortar Retail.
Is the US Restaurant Recession Becoming Structural? by Wolf Richter • Feb 22, 2017 • 95 Comments “Flat sales” are now a “welcome change.” The New Normal.
Worse Than a Decade of Stagnation by Wolf Richter • Feb 17, 2017 • 54 Comments Retail sales are held up by only two sectors. The rest are sinking.
“Seriously Delinquent” Auto Loans Surge by Wolf Richter • Feb 16, 2017 • 69 Comments Bank regulators have been warning, now it’s happening.
Consumer Bankruptcies Rise for the First Time since 2010 by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2017 • 46 Comments A red flag that’ll be highlighted only afterwards as a turning point.
These are the Countries with the Biggest Debt Slaves, and Americans Are Only in 10th place by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2017 • 137 Comments So who the heck are the Really Great Ones?
Another Retailer Goes Bankrupt, Shutters Stores, While Tiffany Blames Trump Tower for US Holiday Sales Debacle by Wolf Richter • Jan 17, 2017 • 56 Comments And American Apparel shuts down.
These “8 Men” Own as Much as Poorest Half of the World, Oxfam Reports as Global Elite Hobnobs in Davos by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2017 • 129 Comments Even in “rich countries,” more and more people “are no longer willing to tolerate the status quo.”
Surge in Consumer Confidence Turns to “Dismal” Retail Sales beyond Autos, Gasoline by Wolf Richter • Jan 13, 2017 • 103 Comments Pundits sent back to the drawing board.
