Wal-Mart Rubs Salt on Deepening Retail Wounds by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2016 • 62 Comments Brick-and-mortar retailers are being taken out the back and shot.
Canadian Stocks in Bear Market, Loonie Swoons, Crude Crashes to $16, Consumer & Business Confidence Dives… by Wolf Richter • Jan 12, 2016 • 32 Comments “Investment and hiring intentions at lowest since 2009”: Bank of Canada
This is What Happens after PE Firms Get Through with a Retailer by Wolf Richter • Jan 8, 2016 • 21 Comments At least, they didn’t blame China.
Defaults and Restructuring Next for Retailers by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2016 • 36 Comments It’s getting tough for our over-indebted, junk-rated LBO queens.
The Risks of the War on Cash by Don Quijones • Jan 2, 2016 • 51 Comments On January 1st, Londoners woke up to a rather perplexing reality.
Google Sarcasm, or How I (and the Entire Industry) Make a Living by Wolf Richter • Dec 30, 2015 • 48 Comments This can produce bizarre results.
Which State Has the Most Per-Capita Household Debt? Despite What You Think, it’s Not California by Wolf Richter • Dec 24, 2015 • 19 Comments And look what happened to per-capita mortgage debt.
“Sudden Withering Demand” & End of Housing Bubble 2, or just an “Anomaly?” by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2015 • 16 Comments NAR blames an “anomaly” for plunging home sales, then destroys that theory.
Freight Shipments Hammered by Inventory Glut, Weak Demand by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2015 • 19 Comments The goods-based economy swoons.
Retail Sales in Texas Plunge by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2015 • 14 Comments Oil Bust Contagion Spreads.
