Not All Are Feelin’ The Boom: Lowe’s Home Improvement To Close 50 Stores
The Retail Apocalypse continues. Here’s what went wrong, and where Lowe’s is closing stores…
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Speculation No More: Largest US Mattress Retailer, Matress Firm, Files For Bankruptcy
Going into the the holidays, Mattress Firm will be closing some 700 stores. Here are more details about what is to come next from the struggling retailer…
Continue readingRetail Apocalypse Watch: Sears, JCPenny, Brookstone, Mattress Firm, And More, All In Trouble
In 2018, we may break the all-time record for annual store closings that was set just last year. Here’s an update on the retail apocalypse…
Continue readingAmerica’s Rapidly Accelerating Retail Apocalypse Is Fueled By One Very Painful Economic Problem
The problem is specific and systemic, and unless something is done soon, the retail apocalypse will only worsen. Here’s the details…
Continue readingRetail Apocalypse Watch: ‘America’s Public Restroom’ (a.k.a. Starbucks) To Close 150 Stores
“the company released its most disappointing guidance in years, in which it not only…”
Continue readingThings Just Went From Bad To Worse For Sears (Yet Again)
The retail apocalypse is bearing down on Sears faster than those running zombies from the movie 28 Days Later. Here’s the details…
Continue readingRetail Apocalypse So Far In 2018 Claims 77 Million Square Feet (And Counting)
“in decline because the middle class is being systematically destroyed.” Here’s a look at retail store closings at an even faster pace than last year…
Continue readingBaltimore Is Burning Through Restaurants Like Its Police Are Burning Through Cars
“restaurant apocalypse seems to have reared its ugly head in the Baltimore region, where crime, millennial trends, surging short-term…”
Continue readingDeath Of Brick-N-Mortar Real Estate Quickens: 2018 Has Already Nearly Passed 2017’s Record Year
“given up waiting for a recovery that seems always out of reach…2018 is setting up to break new ground in misery for retail real estate.” Here’s more…
Continue readingRetail Apocalypse Watch: Gonna Need A Sharper Axe Plus Extra Chopping Blocks With This List
“And these are just the people who have announced store closures so far. In an environment hostile to brick and mortar businesses…”
Continue readingWalmart Raises Wages With A Twist: 260 Sam’s Club Stores Abruptly Close With NO Warning
Well this is awkward. Especially after President Trump sang Walmart’s praises in a Tweet just today. Here’s the details…
Continue readingRetail Apocalypse Watch: Subway Closes 909 Stores In 2017
“The national promotional focus over the past five years…has decimated [us] and left many franchisees unprofitable and even insolvent…”
Continue readingAs The Economy Is “Booming” The Number Of Store Closings In 2017 Is Massive
Things are nothing like what is being reported by the MSM or Tweeted by President Trump. Here’s the details…
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