For many shoppers, Bed Bath & Beyond’s bankruptcy filing on Sunday was a call to action.Customers — both loyal and lapsed — received an email from the home-goods retailer around […]
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Back to news homeBed Bath & Beyond Files for Bankruptcy
Bed Bath & Beyond came out of the 2008 downturn a winner. Competitors like Sharper Image and Linens ‘n Things filed for bankruptcy, but Bed Bath & Beyond actually expanded […]
Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Rules Create ‘Chaos for Consumers’
Designed to accelerate the shift to electric cars among other climate goals, the Inflation Reduction Act has in practice made buying such vehicles a lot more complicated.In August, the law […]
David’s Bridal Files for Bankruptcy for Second Time in Five Years
David’s Bridal, the retailer which boasts that it sells one out of three wedding dresses in the United States, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday and said it “intends […]
People Started Buying Crocs During the Pandemic. They Can’t Stop.
Like Peloton, Etsy and Zoom, Crocs saw its business boom during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. The company’s aesthetically questionable but easily slipped-on clogs were the perfect footwear […]
The Chaotic, Dispiriting Work of Liquidating Harmon Stores
It had been a busy but successful holiday season at the Harmon Face Values store in Morris Plains, N.J.The location performed well enough to win a contest among the entire […]
A Tangled Tale of Gun Parts, Identity Theft and the Ease of Buy Now, Pay Later
In late summer, a delivery service dropped off two packages containing $5,000 in gun parts and accessories at a house in Chino Hills, a community in Southern California.The packages, containing […]
Retailers Lay Out a Downbeat Outlook as Inflation Squeezes Low-Income Shoppers
As many of America’s best-known retailers reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings this week, buoyed by shoppers who continued to spend through stubbornly high inflation, they all seemed to arrive at the […]
As Dollar Stores Proliferate, Some Communities Say No
”We often take over vacant space in neighborhoods and areas that are already challenged, keeping centers and other adjacent businesses open and serving communities, especially those that are underserved,” Dollar […]
The Retail C.E.O. Pipeline Is Running Dry
“We’re seeing a lot more folks in the consumer space coming to us to say, ‘Hey, can you help us train our people with these skills and not just train […]