If rent is an indicator of how well retailers and brands are bouncing back from the various impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, then recovery remains shaky at best. A survey from Alignable found that the rent delinquency rate for small retailers was 31% in September, a drop from 40% in August. But by late October, that number had climbed again, with Alignable finding that 43% of small retailers couldn’t afford to pay their October rent in full.
