Tag: store closings

April 16, 2019

The North Face seems to be taking a page out of REI’s playbook with this latest move, using Earth Day as a platform to talk about the outdoors and encourage both its employees and its customers to head outside and […]

November 6, 2018

Ryan recently inked a new three-year contract to stay on as the CEO of the troubled maternity business. That leaves her to pick up the pieces at a retailer that has experienced significant turmoil in its C-suite and on its […]

April 3, 2018

Welcome to the chaotic end to Toys R Us as the world has known it for the past several decades. The shuttering of the retailer’s online operations represents one more step along the path of full business wind-down as the […]

May 9, 2017

Women’s apparel retailer Express on Thursday said it will discontinue its Canadian operations through its subsidiary there, Express Fashion Apparel Canada Inc., and close all of its 17 Canadian stores in the process, according to a company press release. Express […]

April 17, 2017

For the first time in nearly two years, retail sales declined two months in a row, highlighting once again the current challenges facing a retail industry that has suffered a number of bankruptcies and store closures so far in 2017. Sales […]

April 3, 2017

We’re only three months into the year and already the retail battlefield is littered with the corpses of nine brands that have filed for bankruptcy — the same number that filed in all of 2016. Gordmans, hhgregg, RadioShack, Gander Mountain, […]

September 20, 2016

Sears is closing at least 17 more Kmart locations before the end of the year, with dozens more likely to be announced. On Friday, Seritage Growth Properties filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it was terminating […]

August 12, 2016

Macy’s Inc.’s first “Black Friday” in July sale proved to be a bright spot in an otherwise disappointing second quarter. Macy’s, No. 6 in the Internet Retailer 2016 Top 500 Guide, ran the online and in-store promotional event on July 12, […]