Half of all the remaining Sears and Kmarts have a Walmart or Target less than a mile away As Kmart and Sears struggle to remain open, we look at what's left of the two chains, and how closures may benefit Target and Walmart. Joshua Fruhlinger 8.7.19 8:02 PM Markets
Retail vacancies are up in 2019 but still lower than this time last year The latest headlines would have you believe that brick-and-mortar is doomed. But the data says otherwise. Joshua Fruhlinger 4.19.19 3:26 PM Markets
Predicting where JCPenney will close stores using alternative data JCPenney recently announced that it would close 18 stores in 2019. We took this news to see if alternate data could have predicted specific locations for these closures. James Mattone 3.4.19 5:03 PM Markets
The curious story of how CUSIP numbers became a Wall Street battleground CUSIP numbers are like a Dewey Decimal System for stocks and bonds. They’re also a source of illegal monopoly power, according to investor lawsuits. Doug Bailey 3.25.22 4:51 PM Markets
The decline of Marks and Spencer: How the storied UK retail giant failed to keep up A cookie-cutter holiday hiring pattern, declining profits, and a sharp decline in store locations. Is Marks and Spencer the next victim of the retail apocalypse? Amy Lamare 1.22.19 3:44 PM Markets
Numbers You Need to Know for January 18, 2019 The latest news on CoolSculpting, Sears, and the New York Times' coverage of Donald Trump. The Business of Business 1.18.19 3:30 PM Innovation
Whole Foods is already eyeing dead Sears and Kmart locations. Here are the top prospects. Whole Foods wants stores in populated areas where people have discretionary income thanks to jobs that require at least a bachelor's degree. So we uncovered the most-likely places where Whole Foods could turn an ex Sears or Kmart into a new market. James Mattone 1.11.19 9:07 PM Markets
No one knows who’s on the hook if a DAO gets sued Believers say DAOs are the future of work, but it’s not clear who gets held accountable if something goes wrong. Doug Bailey 3.16.22 4:37 PM Crypto