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Apparel retailers have an inventory problem

by Marielle Segarra
Apr 15, 2020
Clothes are stranded in stores during a normally popular time for shopping.
It might be hard for retailers to sell when malls look like this one did on March 29 in New York.
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What happens when retailers stop paying rent?

by Marielle Segarra
Apr 6, 2020
Stores are closed. Sales have evaporated. A lot of retailers can’t pay their rent.
Urban Outfitters announced last week that it would stop paying rent at its stores during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Macy's furloughs are a sign of COVID-19 troubles for big retailers

by Jack Stewart
Mar 31, 2020
Analysts expect other department stores will follow suit this week.
While brick-and-mortar stores are closed, a lot of big retailers are trying to sell this season’s clothes at a discount online.
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Brick-and-mortar retail has a COVID-19 cleaning problem

by Kristin Schwab
Mar 12, 2020
Stores are adding policies to help customers feel safe.
How is Sephora handling people sharing makeup samples in store during the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Why so many people are shopping secondhand

by Marielle Segarra
Feb 26, 2020
And how retailers are trying to get into the resale market.
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Is the "must-have" toy a thing of the past?

by Marielle Segarra
Feb 19, 2020
According to the NPD Group, toy sales dropped by 4% last year.
Toy sales were down this past season partly because there was no "must-have" toy.
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Walmart focuses on freestanding clinics

by Marielle Segarra
Feb 17, 2020
New Walmart Health facilities in Georgia have separate entrances and they look like clinics, not Walmart stores.
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What will it take for in-home delivery services to grow?

by Kathleen Davis
Feb 12, 2020
In the grocery wars, every innovation counts.
Walmart InHome Delivery associate Nick Burmaster puts on the camera that will livestream the day’s deliveries.
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Billions of dollars are tied up in unused gift cards

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 6, 2020
More than the deposits held by many banks, according to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
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In buying Forever 21, mall owners buy themselves some time

by Marielle Segarra
Feb 3, 2020
Nearly half of the malls owned by Simon Property Group and Brookfield have a Forever 21 in them.
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