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JCPenney Explores Debt Restructuring Options With Advisers

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To look into debt restructuring options that would provide the retailer more time to make a turnaround, JCPenney Co Inc has reportedly hired advisers. Even so, one of the unnamed sources put out the caveat that the plans for restructuring are at an early stage. The report also noted that JCPenney has over $1.5

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Tencent Buys Stake In Chinese eCommerce Co Youzan

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Tencent Holdings is buying over 1 billion shares of Hong Kong-listed eCommerce platform Youzan. billion shares to five subscribers, including Tencent’s Poyang Lake Investment, at $0.53 So far, Hangzhou-based Youzan has yet to turn a profit. In fact, it posted a loss of $839.4 percent stake in Youzan.

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UK’s Dixons Carphone Warehouse Shutters 530 Locations, 3K Jobs Lost

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company is closing 531 stores, which will result in the loss of 3,000 jobs. The company’s CEO, Alex Baldock, said that the about 300 large locations are “doing well, with footfall steady, and that is why we are placing a big bet on these stores and investing millions of pounds in them.”. The stores will close on April 3.

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Walmart Shares Up Across The Board On Big Earnings Beats

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The planet’s largest retailer by sales crushed their way through Q2, with bigger than expected gains in revenue, earnings, same-store sales and eCommerce sales than analysts were predicting before the numbers hit the wires. Also a highlight was eCommerce, with Walmart reporting 40 percent growth during the second quarter.

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Levi Goes ‘Soft And Stretchy’ In A Rigid Retail Market

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Fitch names rue21 as a retailer at a “high risk of default” because of its bond debt, declining foot traffic, competition from eCommerce and other retailers and “a lack of a compelling product line.”. 11 that profits were up by 69 percent in the latest quarter. A restructuring pact has been established with lenders.

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The Retail Good News Roundup

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“Quarterly losses, schmorterly losses” seems to be the position of H&M. The fast-fashion retailer was not alone in coming into the year on a downward revenue trend, but unlike a lot of the brands in the same boat, H&M shows no indication of ceding the future of brick-and-mortar to eCommerce. Five Below.

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