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
AwesomeCalls makes $420,000 a year selling advice to day traders. California says that’s illegal A.J. Haworth's business is part of a fast-growing online ecosystem catering to amateur investors. Christie Smythe 7.27.21 1:56 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