store closings
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As COVID-19 Closures Continue, America's Biggest Retailers Furlough Employees
If I’m honest, I’ve had a longstanding love-hate relationship with the retail juggernaut known as Macy’s. Love, because I spent decades modeling for their catalogs and e-commerce site, working with some of the coolest, kindest people around. Hate, because growing up in the Midwest, shopping at much-beloved department stores like Chicago’s Marshall Field’s and the…
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Forever 21 Announces Bankruptcy Filing and Plans to Close Over 100 U.S. Stores
Has “fast-fashion” moved too fast? That’s the question many industry insiders are asking, after millennial and Gen Z fast-fashion favorite Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy late Sunday night, confirming concerns that had been mounting for months about the retailer’s future. As reported by the New York Times, as a result of the Chapter 11 filing,…
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Grand Closing: Topshop to Shutter All U.S. Stores
By now, we’re all well-acquainted with the power of the Fenty Effect, but did the Beyoncé backlash contribute to the closing of Topshop’s U.S. stores? On Thursday, the beleaguered U.K.-based brand announced that after a decade in the U.S., it would be shuttering all 11 of its American retail locations. The move comes amid a…