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
How Guy Griffithe went from making a thumb wrestling mockumentary to promoting a pot investment scam The president of Bridgegate Pictures Corp., who has made at least nine flicks and worked with VR film specialist Travis Cloyd, now owes $5.3 million for his role in a "Ponzi-like" scheme. Christie Smythe 11.29.21 6:14 PM Outcasts
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
Accused stock scalper “Alex DeLarge” was arrested and kicked off of Twitter — now users are asking: who’s next? Twitter plays host to numerous anonymous accounts pumping stocks. Users are openly wondering which others might be “leading sheep to the slaughter.” Christie Smythe 10.28.21 6:59 PM Outcasts