The Main Theme Of American Retail Bankruptcy And Closing Shop

According to the world clothing shoes and hats net, 2017, the United States

In bankruptcy.

The situation is bleak. Although the holiday season shows the dawn of traditional physical retailers, analysts believe that 2018 will still linger in the doldrums. But as retailers accelerate the pace of reform according to consumer demand, there will be improvements in the future.

According to data from Feng's group's research and consultancy firm FGRT, in 2017, the number of major retailers in the United States has announced a total of 6985 stores, an increase of 229% over 2016.

The Business Insider statistics show that there are more than 8005 retail outlets throughout the year.

Half of the stores closed because of the bankruptcy of the brand or the direct closure, and the rest of the retailers were combined with large retailers to adapt to the change of consumption habits.

Data from FGRT and company CNBC tabulation.

FGRT analyst Deborah Weinswig pointed out in the research report that many overstretched retailers are closing their stores according to the trend of consumption shifting to online, thus promoting the integration of online and offline businesses and making the store closure become a major theme of American retail this year.

Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) covers Gap's cover brand and Banana Republic, J.Crew Group Inc.'s J.Crew, Abercrombie&Fitch Co. (E), MTK (H), MTK (MC), and MD (c) Carlow Chi and other clothing and accessories specialized retailers have to end dozens or even hundreds of stores.

Sears Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:SHLD) Sears department store group, Macy 's Inc. (NYSE:M) Messi department store group and J.C.Penney Inc. (NYSE:JCP) Penny department store three major department stores close to 600.

Ascena Retail Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ASNA), which owns many clothing brands such as Ann Taylor and Dressbarn, also said that it could close up to 667 stores before the middle of 2019 according to the situation, with the highest number among non bankrupt retailers.

Bebe Stores Inc. (NASDAQ:BEBE) ended all 180 shops while pforming the pure electricity supplier.

During the year, there were discount shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource Inc., junior apparel retailer Rue21 Inc. and The Wet Seal LLC, women's wear retailer Limited Stores Stores (H), Inc., The perfume retailer, wedding dress retailer, jeweler retailer and high-end Cowboy brand application for bankruptcy, plus toys, electrical appliances, infants and other fields, and this year, more than 20 retailers went bankrupt.

Former May Department Stores Co. (later Macy 's Messi Department) executives for 20 years, retail consultancy J.Rogers Kniffen Worldwide Enterprises chief executive officer, Jan Jan believes that more retailers will go bankrupt and more stores will be closed in 2018, and the situation will not be much improved compared with this year. And even if most retailers are doing well in this holiday season, the divide between excellent and inferior retailers will survive, and the latter will be further affected by the impact of future tax reform.

Moody 's Corp. Moodie debt rating "Caa" or below 27 retailers, including J.Crew Group Inc., Vince Holding Corp. (NYSE:VNCE), Corp., Corp., Corp., and Sears group, are considered to have significant insolvency risk of bankruptcy.

Charlie O'Shea, the chief retail analyst of the rating agency, believes that the situation will be most negative in the early 2018.

"If you are a highly dependent entity selling retailer, how do you compete with the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) WAL-MART and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) that are fighting price wars?" Charlie O'Shea said.

In addition to the persistent (but potentially cooling) closing tide, Telsey Advisory Group, a consultant, pointed out that the main factors affecting the retail market in 2018 include AHI's annexation of Whole Foods Market Inc. full supermarket and the value of "quality real estate".

Among them, Amazon.com Inc. Amazon's M & A symbolizes the trend of "digital embracing entity" and online and offline accelerated integration and innovation.

In view of the fact that the physical retail industry is still in the doldrums, the more the shops are closed, the more the value of retail developers will be oppressed most of the year.

Take the two major commercial real estate giants, Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE:SGP) and GGP Inc. (NYSE:GGP), which own and operate several shopping centers, for example, their stock prices have fallen by 3.7% and 6.2% respectively over the past year, while the S & P 500 index has recorded an increase of 20%.

Analysts expect that in order to prevent retailers from using bankruptcy protection to get rid of tenancies and a large number of shops to further weaken the flow of people, there will be more and more real estate groups or REIT to save retailers. For example, Simon Property Group Inc. jointly GGP Inc. in 2016 to acquire A ropostale from bankruptcy protection and retain hundreds of stores in its shopping malls.

On the other hand, Simon Property Group Inc. asked the court to request Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) Starbucks to fulfil its lease and continue to operate a precedent of its 77 Teavana tea shops, which will provide a valuable precedent for REIT.

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Moody s Corp. analyst Moodie Charlie believes that winning the market will be the best retailer with the best financial position and sales channel and location.

In 2017, the United States added about 3400 retail stores, and the "one dollar store" Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) and Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) opened the shop most quickly. Discount retailers TJX Co.Inc. (NYSE:TJX), TJX (")" (")", "Mei" and "Mei Rong" retailers, and the company successfully extended their success in the retail market in recent years.

Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) Taghit, Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE:JWN) Nodes Tron and Forever 21 test new retail concepts by adding smaller stores.

Mastercard SpendingPulse's latest report shows that retail sales in the United States increased by 4.9% over the same period last year from the holiday season from November 1st to December 24th, the largest increase since 2011's growth of 6.8%, and also exceeded the expected 3.6%-4% of the US Retail Federation (NRF) and the expected 3%-4% of FGRT.

Among them, online sales grew by 18.1%, and clothing stores and department stores also increased moderately.

Based on the fact that the unemployment rate has dropped to a new low of 17 years, salaries have started to rise, the stock market has been flourishing, and many people will think that the tax reform bill can significantly boost the income level. The US consumer confidence is at a high level, coupled with the cold wave driving seasonal commodity sales. Retailers are also taking strict measures to control inventory, optimize the sales network and reduce other expenditure measures to improve profitability. The market is expected to give a decent holiday performance report.

In fact, the two classic American brands Gap cover Pu and Abercrombie&Fitch have rebounded significantly in the last three quarters. The sales of Gap cap brand have resumed growth in the same store, and Abercrombie&Fitch has also narrowed the decline sharply, helping Abercrombie&Fitch Co. achieve 4% growth in the same store under the promotion of Hollister.

Luxury goods department Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC Niemann Marcus also released a bottoming up signal.

Macy's s Inc. Messi department store and Kohl 's Corp. (NYSE:KSS) executives expressed their satisfaction with the first half of the holiday season after Thanksgiving and expressed an optimistic outlook.

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