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.
Another Retailer Leveraged Buyout Bites the Dust by Wolf Richter • Jul 28, 2016 • 27 Comments PE Firm Apollo Schemes to Get Unstuck as Claire’s Stores Goes over the Cliff.
Mall Owners Begin to Feel the Pain of Brick & Mortar Retailers by Wolf Richter • May 17, 2016 • 89 Comments Previously “pent-up” real-estate demand to “fizzle.”
This is Why No One Should Bail Out the “Smart Money” Stuck in Brick-and-Mortar Retailers: Let them Shed their Own Tears by Wolf Richter • May 3, 2016 • 74 Comments Another bankruptcy. Toxic Safeway-Albertsons combo waiting in the wings.
Retailer Bankruptcies Are Hailing Down on the US Economy by Wolf Richter • Apr 21, 2016 • 102 Comments There’s no respite in sight.
Another Private-Equity LBO Queen Bites the Dust by Wolf Richter • Mar 3, 2016 • 45 Comments When a PE firm is through strip-mining a company.
‘Footprint Rationalization’: Sears adds to Woes of Canada’s Malls by Wolf Richter • Jan 26, 2016 • 36 Comments The industry spirals into turmoil.
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.
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.