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August 31, 2022       The Gap’s 2Q22 consolidated sales and comps fell 8% and 10%, respectively due to slowing demand, inflation pressure and 104 fewer stores since last year. In-store sales fell 10% and online declined 6%; it is now 34% of total sale ... Read more
Peyton Radford
August 24, 2022         Amazon is reportedly halting the rollout of more Fresh self-checkout food stores, following disappointing sales and economic headwinds. Planned store openings will proceed if leases have been signed and construction has begun, bu ... Read more
Peyton Radford
August 17, 2022         Amazon is rolling out its Amazon One palm-recognition payment system to additional Whole Foods Market stores across California. More than 65 Whole Foods in California will soon provide the Amazon One service, which lets customers ... Read more
Peyton Radford
August 10, 2022         Amazon has closed one of its Amazon Go stores in Seattle, WA because of concerns about the safety of its store employees, customers and third-party vendors due to escalating crime. The store will reopen if conditions improve. Emp ... Read more
Peyton Radford
August 3, 2022         Amazon’s 2Q22 top line advanced at the high end of guidance, increasing 10% when excluding the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates. Growth continued to be led by Amazon Web Services (AWS), which increased 33%. ... Read more
Peyton Radford
July 27, 2022     In addition to a forward-looking analysis of specific retailers at risk by our team of industry experts, the report also includes a breakout of high yield retail bonds, upcoming debt maturities and future store closings.Click here to request a copy of ... Read more
Peyton Radford
July 20, 2022       In addition to a forward-looking analysis of specific retailers at risk by our team of industry experts, the report also includes a breakout of high yield retail bonds, upcoming debt maturities and future store closings.Click here to request ... Read more
Peyton Radford
July 13, 2022               Amazon recently opened its newest Fresh store in Crystal City, VA, steps away from the Company’s HQ2 office space in the city. The 15,000 square-foot supermarket follows two other Amazon Fresh op ... Read more
Peyton Radford
July 6, 2022         With the takeover price for its equity falling by some $2 billion to $7 billion in the few months since takeover speculation mounted earlier this year, Kohl’s rejected the lowered $53 per share offer from Franchise Retail Grou ... Read more
Peyton Radford
June 29, 2022               We previously reported on June 6 that Franchise Group and Kohl’s had entered into exclusive negotiations regarding Franchise Group’s potential acquisition of Kohl’s for $60 per s ... Read more
Peyton Radford

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