alert! massive closure of US retail giants - JC Penny, Radioshack, Macy, sears etc

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alert! massive closure of US retail giants - JC Penny, Radioshack, Macy, sears etc

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By Susan Duclos

The next time Barack Obama or one of his talking heads spew nonsense about an economic “recovery,” remember the numbers you will read in this article and hear about in the video below.

There is no recovery, it was all an illusion and it is coming crashing down at this very moment.

Statistics below, with links, via News Watch:

• JC Penney, which lost $586 million in three months in 2013, is planning to close 33 stores in 19 states and lay off 2,000 people. JC Penney’s stock has lost 84 percent of its value since February 2012.

• Sears has decided to shut down its flagship store in Downtown Chicago, and it has closed 300 stores in the United States since 2010. Stock analyst Brian Sozzi noted that Sear’s inventory levels have fallen by 23.7 percent since 2006. He also noted that Sears had $4.4 billion in cash and equivalents in 2005 but $609 million in cash and equivalents in 2012. Sozzi, who calls himself a guerrilla analyst, has a blog full of disturbing pictures of empty Sears stores.

• Macy’s, one of the few retail success stories, is planning to close five stores and eliminate 2,500 jobs.

• Radio Shack is preparing to close 500 stores, according to The Wall Street Journal.

• Best Buy recently closed 50 stores and eliminated 950 jobs at stores in Canada.

• Target announced plans to eliminate 475 jobs and not fill 700 empty positions to reduce costs.

• Aeropostale is planning to close 175 stores.

• Blockbuster has closed down all of its stores.

Anyone still think we are in some type of economic “recovery?”

http://beforeitsnews.com/economy/20...hits-the-us-there-is-no-recovery-2594264.html
 
Re: alert! massive closure of US retail giants - JC Penny, Radioshack, Macy, sears et

I wonder if it is any better in Spore:confused:

Businesses like Banquet is closing down http://news.insing.com/feature/clos...point-to-problems-in-f-b-industry/id-d2323101
I also see so many food stalls closing down.

However in Spore the problem lies with the PAP gov't. They are spending like nobodies business & have policies that hurt people. I worry that by the time the 60% decides on change, too much damage will have been done:(
 
Re: alert! massive closure of US retail giants - JC Penny, Radioshack, Macy, sears et

NTUC still going strong.

I wonder if it is any better in Spore:confused:

Businesses like Banquet is closing down http://news.insing.com/feature/clos...point-to-problems-in-f-b-industry/id-d2323101
I also see so many food stalls closing down.

However in Spore the problem lies with the PAP gov't. They are spending like nobodies business & have policies that hurt people. I worry that by the time the 60% decides on change, too much damage will have been done:(
 
Re: alert! massive closure of US retail giants - JC Penny, Radioshack, Macy, sears et

But Amazon online store is growing.
 
Re: alert! massive closure of US retail giants - JC Penny, Radioshack, Macy, sears et

Obama should make an appointment & sing Karaoke with "Toothpick Lim", NTUC Fairprice is opening stores every where, in my area, where I live, within walking distance, two major NTUC supermarkets, One Cheers, Petrol Station, Fairprice also...withing 5 Km radius...around 10...

They are sprouting everywhere....like Toadstools after the morning rains....Obama must come here & learn from the PAPpies...
 
Re: alert! massive closure of US retail giants - JC Penny, Radioshack, Macy, sears et

Do your math ...when more money is in the hands of the rich, there is less money spent in aggregate. How many gadgets can a person have? Aggregate consumption is down, business shuts down. A-level economics lah.
 
Sometimes 1 and 1 does not make 2. I don't believe the store closure is 100% related to Obama, unless you are Republican. The US economy has to be seen as a whole. The closure of retail stores may be due to changing consumer behaviours. We have reduced our retail shopping significantly, but our online purchases has gone up significantly. This wave of change has altered the retail landscape and such closures are expected
 
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