Sentences with phrase «number of store closures»

(Bloomberg Gadfly)-- Retail downsizing and bankruptcy filings have led to the highest number of store closures in the U.S. so far this year since 2010 — and that was before Macy's said it would shutter 12 percent of its base last week...

I suspect that with the dwindling loyalty to GameStop, an increasing number of store closures of the next few years is highly likely.

At this time last year, investors were talking about the «retail apocalypse,» as 2017 saw a record number of store closures, but following a strong holiday season, retail stocks have been surging.

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While small in their physical footprints, the store closings will be another setback for shopping malls that have been grappling with declining traffic and a rash of store closures in the last year as a number of chains have gone bankrupt or pared back their stores amid the rise in online shopping.

Though store closings are not considered new news, there was a plethora of retailers officially announcing their closures earlier this year, including a number of industry leaders.

Clearly retail store closure are weighing on investor minds and the consistent number of closures has spooked Mr. Market.

The consumer book market last year was effected by the closure of a number of independent book stores and especially by the collapse of the biggest independent wholesaler Top Kniga with together with its in excess of 500 retail stores.

Having been caught with closure of a number of ebook stores early in the ebook era (2007 — 2009) and losing the ability to redownload because of business failures, as well as being unable to redownload books purchased overseas from some GB and USA sites.

Without any new openings, that rate of closure would reduce the total number of Barnes & Noble's stores by a third - it currently has 689 retail stores, and 674 college stores.

Attention Kmart shoppers: There's another list of possible store closures floating around, and this time, the numbers are getting serious.

One Wall Street analyst thinks the number of retail store closures is just getting started.