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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. The retailer is said to be looking into options encompassing negotiating with creditors or raising more cash. The retailer operates over 860 stores and has 95,000 workers.

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Retailers Using Chapter 11 To Break Lease Agreements

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“If this becomes a tsunami of retailers rejecting their leases, it’s going to trigger another part of the sea change — the mortgages held by the landlords.”. Toronto-based investment group Brookfield has been forced to skip mortgage payments as stores in its malls miss rent payments, PYMNTS previously reported.

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Off-Price Retailer Stein Mart Files For Chapter 11

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Off-price specialty retailer Stein Mart, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division amid a challenging retail climate and the pandemic, the company said in a statement. In July, Ascena Retail Group, Inc. In July, Ascena Retail Group, Inc.

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HSBC CFO: Bank to restructure after Q3 profit drop

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HSBC’s CFO Ewen Stevenson said the bank plans to restructure its loss-making businesses after announcing an 18% year-on-year drop in pre-tax profit in Q3 on Monday. Ring-fencing is a rule by which banks in the UK are required to separate their retail business from their riskier wholesale and investment banking business.

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Netflix, Lululemon, DocuSign and more

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related investing news. These debtholders are joining together amid reports earlier this week that the company is looking to restructure its debt, the paper said. However, the retailer also said it expected business trends to deteriorate. after activist investor Dan Loeb boosted his stake in the retailer.

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Wednesday Lease Deadline Looms For Retail

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There’s $454 billion earmarked for retailers in the vast series of COVID-19 relief legislation passed last week. But none of it will arrive in time for the April rent and lease deadline staring retailers right in the bank account come Wednesday. And if it’s any consolation, retail rents will almost certainly drop in the short term.

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Four Things Walmart’s Strong Earnings Say About Retailing To A Pandemic World

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The results reversed a trend from last quarter, where the chain was one of many physical retailers facing a tepid holiday season that missed analyst expectations for sales, comparable-sales growth and earnings across the board. But things have reversed dramatically for the retailer amid the COVID-19 pandemic. percent to $134.6

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