Brick & Mortar Meltdown, Manhattan Style by Wolf Richter • May 16, 2019 • 116 Comments Retail space asking rents plunge as landlords try to fill scores of vacant shops. Charts by shopping corridor.
Why I’m Not in Panic Just Yet over the “Dreadful” Retail Sales that “Fell Most Since 2009,” But Nervously Look at the Trend by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2019 • 56 Comments Consumer exuberance maxed out last summer and has since changed direction.
Restaurant Industry, Leading Indicator of US Economy Sours, Bankruptcies Pile up by Wolf Richter • Oct 2, 2016 • 96 Comments “Very challenging” sales trends.
Nightmare at the Mall: Brick-and-Mortar Retail Totally Loses it by Wolf Richter • Aug 12, 2016 • 71 Comments Stunning acceleration of a trend.
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.
