Category Retail

Sadie Keljikian, Express Trade Capital Toys R Us continues to struggle, despite its attempts to restructure and rebuild since filing for Chapter 11 in September. The once-dominant retailer is planning on closing 175 of its locations in the US, nearly…

Sadie Keljikian, Express Trade Capital Toys ‘R’ Us may close at least 100 and as many as 200 locations in the wake of a 15% decrease from last year’s holiday sales to those recorded this year. The former industry leader…

Beixi Li, Guest Correspondent Retailers and brands have changed the very fundamentals of how they do business to cater to the Millennial generation. But who is this Millennial consumer? What makes their shopping behaviors so different from previous generations? Let’s…

Viviane Simond, Express Trade Capital Amazon and Walmart are vying to provide virtually every consumer good imaginable, and Amazon appears to be winning. Amazon is currently in the process of buying Whole foods for $13.4 billion. Since the news broke,…

Sadie Keljikian, Express Trade Capital TJ Maxx seems to be resilient to the current blight on retail in the US. Many brick and mortar retailers have been bleeding money for some time now, many of them unable to keep up…

Sadie Keljikian, Express Trade Capital Sears has struggled for quite some time, but it seems that the retailer still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Like many brick and mortar retailers, Sears has struggled against the drop in brick…

Sadie Keljikian, Express Trade Capital 2017 may be a pivotal year for retail in the US. The landscape of retail shopping has changed dramatically in the last few years. Stores, particularly those that are most commonly seen in malls, are…

Sadie Keljikian, Express Trade Capital New York-based Gracious Home has entered Chapter 11 “reorganization” bankruptcy protection for the second time in six years. Gracious Home started as a small hardware store on the Upper East Side in 1963. Since then,…