Three of the most important themes in retail right now are the retail apocalypse, omnichannel and supply chain data analytics. In our view, this is not a coincidence: the industry is abuzz with talk ...

Retail is dead — at least it is supposed to be. E-commerce had already beaten the sector down when the pandemic drove the final nail into its coffin. Consumers who could no longer shop at the mall ...

It’s finally happening. After months of speculation, bankruptcy filings, and the closure of a smattering of stores, Joann is shuttering all of its locations. Soon, the craft and fabrics retailer will ...

If doomsday post-pandemic predictions of malls and physical retail driving down a one-way road to oblivion were to be believed, Cafaro co-President Anthony Cafaro should not have a business, let alone ...

The retail apocalypse over the past several years has devastated America's department stores, chains and mom-and-pops. Stores are closing at record levels. The number of people working in retail is on ...

In the event of an earthquake, some buildings rock and roll along with the shifting ground while others turn to rubble. The difference? The former were designed to be flexible while the latter were ...

Despite the dramatic headlines portraying retail as a dying industry, sales are actually up overall, growing $121.5 billion in the first seven months of 2017. That’s just one of the facts research and ...

It looks like 2025 will be yet another year with many more stores closing than opening. In a report released last week, Coresight Research analysts said they expect about 15,000 U.S. stores to close, ...

Among the more common economic tropes of the last 15 years has been the U.S. “retail apocalypse.” Giant e-commerce companies, so the story goes, have killed traditional brick-and-mortar establishments ...