In its recent review of A Bit of a Stretch, a prison memoir from filmmaker and ersatz tax fraudster Chris Atkins, The New York Times reports on his observation that sexual pornography isn’t the primary tool of gratification and anticipation […]
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Oh, yes. It’s callout time. Deloitte spoke to “The Great Retail Bifurcation” well before the Covid crisis. But, since Covid spread to the Western world, we’ve seen a 26 percent increase in commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in April alone.
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During this whirlwind of retail bankruptcies, while the pandemic rages on with no end in sight, it should be a field day for private equity firms, awash in cash, to swoop in like vultures to acquire these bankrupt retailers on
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There are certain commonalities, trends, and uncertainties we should (hopefully) have top of mind as we take this epic journey that increasingly looks to be lasting a while. To set the stage, read this article by John Mauldin, whom I
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The confusion, debate and politics surrounding wearing a mask or face covering rages on and retailers are front and center as the United States grapples with flattening the Covid-19 curve and protecting states from having to shut down a second
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\”Make no mistake, it\’s not revenge he\’s after. It\’s a reckoning.\” That was one of Val Kilmer\’s (as Doc Holliday) many memorable lines from the 1993 movie Tombstone, referring to Kurt Russell \’s (Wyatt Earp) vendetta against the \”cowboy\” faction
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States have been slowly reopening after the coronavirus pandemic saw stores, schools, work, and life in general shutdown months ago. For Gen Z and millennials, Covid-19 marked yet another crisis that affected these younger generations. But it seems to have
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Macy\’s was struggling even before the Covid-19 pandemic decimated fashion retailers, with profitability falling almost continuously since peaking in 2014. Earlier this year, management announced a new turnaround strategy called Polaris, but even successful execution of the plan would have
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These are challenging times, but not all retailers are struggling. The 8.7 percent drop in retail sales from February to March didn’t hit every sector. While clothing and accessory sales took the biggest hit, certain retailers––such as those selling home furnishings online––unexpectedly
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Perhaps no American retailer\’s fall from grace has been as swift or dramatic as has Bed Bath & Beyond\’s. Legacy retailers like JC Penney and Gap have deteriorated slowly over long periods of time but BBB as recently as just
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