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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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BCBG Closes Stores, Faces Restructuring

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BCBG announced plans to close stores and restructure the company due to mounting pressure from its debt burden and more consumers opting to shop online. But the retailer now has “too large a physical retail footprint,” Lubove explained. “In told Bloomberg in an emailed statement. told Bloomberg in an emailed statement.

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Ascena Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Plans Store Closures

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Ascena Retail Group, Inc. The retailer and “certain of its subsidiaries” have come to a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with more than 68 percent of secured term lenders, according to a Thursday (July 23) statement.

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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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Tailored Brands Could Close Up To 500 Retail Locations

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To bolster its financial status and let it better compete in a difficult retail climate, Tailored Brands plans to make changes that will lead to a reduction of roughly 20 percent of its corporate positions by the conclusion of fiscal Q2. and Canadian retail locations. The company, whose brands include Jos.

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Big Fizzle: The Incredible Shrinking Mall-Based Retailer

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The rise of eCommerce has been an inexorable one, and the retail landscape has shifted for retailers. The latest signs come from Macy’s , which in recent days announced a restructuring that will see the mall stalwart close 125 department stores and slash 2,000 jobs. Welcome, perhaps, to the mauling of the Great American Mall.

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Larry Chester Featured on NACD BoardTalk: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: What’s Your Plan for 2022?

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Larry Chester, CEO of CFO Simplified, was featured on NADC BoardTalk to discuss business planning for small to medium-sized businesses in 2022. His team serves as fractional CFOs to companies in many industries, from start-up to middle market, providing cash flow planning and other services that drive profitability.