#Department store

Author: Nathan Bomey / Source: USA TODAY In the wake of a disappointing holiday quarter, J.C. Penney is slashing hundreds of jobs. Time J.C. Penney plans to close 15 additional full-line stores and nine home-and-furniture locations as the retailer struggles to get its footing amid significant

Author: Cara Giaimo / Source: Atlas Obscura When you’re renovating an old building, you expect to find some strange things hiding. Maybe there’s an old report card someone slipped into the floor, or some cool out-of-date candy wrappers. Maybe there’s a secret room or two. Or maybe there’s an

Author: Matt Blitz / Source: Today I Found Out On a field about fifty miles from Boston, Strawberry Hill, on the evening of September 3, 1880, history was made. It is unlikely the department store employees who were tossing around a ball knew that this game would still be talked about 135 years

While everyone likes to point the finger at Amazon, the growing retail apocalypse in America can't be tied to just one catalyst.  Certainly, there is no doubt that Amazon is taking a toll on brick-and-mortar retailers but massive excess capacity, perpetually over-levered capital structures and a