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Retail Apocalypse Scorecard: How Many Stores are Really Closing?

The most disturbing aspect of the retail apocalypse afflicting America is that nobody knows how many stores are really closing.

The Death Spiral

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Companies that Might Disappear in 2017

With the great retail die off heating off, many investors are wondering what companies will disappear next. Here is a list of companies in several industries that might vanish over the next year or so.

Grocery Wars

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The Retail Jobs Apocalypse is here

Hundreds of thousands of retail jobs are vanishing before our eyes.

The Death Spiral

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Sears it’s Worse than We Thought

The revenue shrinkage at Sears is incredible, if it keeps up the retail icon might soon be smaller than dollar stores and rival department store operators.

The Death Spiral

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The Strange World of Eddie Lampert

The transformation, like the Lands’ End (NASDAQ: LE) and Sears Hometown & Outlet (NASDAQ: SHOS) spinoffs, is actually the looting of Sears. Like a dictator who has destroyed his nation’s economy, Lampert is now selling its resources off to the highest bidder. Then he pockets the proceeds and flies away in his private jet.

The Death Spiral

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Sears is Dying Faster than We Thought

That means Sears could close over 200 stores by the end of the year. It only closed 96 stores last year, and if that isn’t a sign of the death spiral, I don’t know what is. For those of you unfamiliar with it, the death spiral occurs when a retailer’s sales cannot cover its operating expenses, so it has to start closing stores or selling assets to pay the bills.