Kmart‘s parent company, Sears Holdings, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. The company says it will close 142 Sears and Kmart stores before the end of the year, and its CEO, Eddie Lampert, will step down. The rise of e-commerce, declining foot traffic to malls, and a higher demand for off-price products are just some of the factors […]
La cadena minorista ícono de Estados Unidos, de 132 años de longevidad, está agonizando. Se declaró en quiebra y está vendiendo sus últimos activos. Especialistas apuntan a que no supo adaptarse al e-commerce y a Amazon. En nuestro país, la principal empresa del rubro, Falabella, está capitalizándose para competir en el modelo omnicanal. La quiebra […]
Anyone that grew up in Michigan in the 1970s and 80s now lives with ghosts and zombies. No, there wasn’t a zombie apocalypse in Detroit, but if you were like me and grew up in towns like Flint or Detroit or Saginaw, you know what your hometown was like in the 70s and how it […]