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.
Retail Meltdown Demolishes Mall Investors by Wolf Richter • May 9, 2017 • 76 Comments Even the biggest.
I’m in Awe of How Fast Brick-and-Mortar Retail is Melting Down by Wolf Richter • Apr 24, 2017 • 180 Comments As so many times, Private Equity firms are in the thick of it.
“Retailers Are the New Oil & Gas,” Only Worse by Wolf Richter • Mar 7, 2017 • 88 Comments I’ve been doom-and-gloom on brick-and-mortar retail. But I haven’t been nearly doom-and-gloom enough, given the events of the past seven days. Includes my interview with The Financial Exchange, WRKO Boston.
The Bloodletting among Retailers Simply Doesn’t Let Up by Wolf Richter • Mar 5, 2017 • 69 Comments A very busy day in Brick-and-Mortar Fiasco Land.
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.
Sear’s Bankruptcy, Who Gets the Real Estate, and How the Pension Fund Got Hung Out to Dry Invade Mnuchin’s Senate Confirmation Hearing by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2017 • 94 Comments “You were a Director at Sears for 12 years where you had oversight over the administration and investment in the pension fund.”
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.
Is the 2nd Half of 2017 when Sears Finally Kicks the Bucket? by Wolf Richter • Dec 29, 2016 • 67 Comments This announcement gives some clues that after years of disappointment, Sears doom-and-gloomers might finally approach the end of their long wait.
Profits Plunge, Sales Drop at Macy’s. Slashes Jobs, Closes Stores. Stock Jumps 18% by Wolf Richter • Aug 11, 2016 • 63 Comments Brick-and-mortar retail sinks artfully into coma.