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MAY 20, 2025

Edcon: A Real-World Turnaround Case Study Edcon, once a leading retail conglomerate in South Africa, faced severe financial distress due to a combination of factors, including aggressive expansion, mounting debt, and shifts in consumer behaviour. Debt Reorganisation : Negotiating with creditors to restructure existing debt obligations.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

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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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

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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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Carvana — The online used car retailer stock dropped more than 8% after the company reported disappointing third-quarter results on the top and bottom lines, according to consensus estimates from Refinitiv. PayPal reported earnings that surpassed profit and sales expectations. Discovery — The stock dipped 5% after Warner Bros. Source link.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

If the deal goes through—ACT submitted an offer to buy all outstanding shares of Seven & i last month—it will mark a significant step into Japan’s retail market by a foreign firm, but it wouldn’t be ACT’s first show of interest in the company or Japan. ACT made a previous offer for Seven & i in 2020.

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JULY 21, 2020

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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CFO News Room

JANUARY 5, 2023

Signage outside a Bed Bath & Beyond retail store in New York, Aug. Bed Bath & Beyond — The home goods retailer plummeted 24% after reporting it’s running out of cash and is considering bankruptcy , citing weaker-than-expected sales. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images. The bank said it $3.8

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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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Future CFO

OCTOBER 28, 2019

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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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

And additional retail bankruptcy filings are expected in the second half of the year, while brick-and-mortar stores will continue to close at a higher rate, according to a report by professional services firm BDO USA LLP. The reported noted that a subpar 2018 holiday season was a main factor, with December retail sales dropping 1.6

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JULY 31, 2020

According to the The Dallas Morning News , the luxury retailer is closer to exiting bankruptcy and is on schedule to have an approved business plan this fall and to emerge from Chapter 11 before Christmas. Neiman Marcus could exit Chapter 11 in time for holiday shopping.

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MAY 7, 2020

And in retail, Nordstrom and Lord & Taylor are dampening the industry’s reopening plans. 60 cents: Earnings per share Disney reported for Q2 after adjusting for restructuring charges and other effects. The pandemic also hit other parts of the firm’s media empire, including its movie segment. All this, Today in Data.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Retailers that are unable to call on substantial financial reserves are struggling in the current environment. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. Along with Claire’s Stores Inc.,

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CFO News

JUNE 11, 2023

The group is currently undergoing a restructuring process where it will amalgamate its finance subsidiaries, L&T Finance, L&T Infra Credit Limited, and L&T Mutual Fund Trustee Limited with the listed L&T Finance Holding Ltd to simplify the corporate structure and enable greater focus on retail financing.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Another month of the pandemic and another first of the month when retail lease payments are due. As the crisis enters its fourth month, counting March, two new earnings reports indicate that about 60 percent of retailers are paying their rent — with a few very notable exceptions. percent of retail rent was collected, compared to 48.9

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JULY 2, 2020

Penney and home-goods retailer Pier 1, along with telecommunications company Frontier Communications. retail field, finally filed for Chapter 11 in May after several years going back and forth on whether it would happen. Penney, once a heavy hitter in the U.S. The company said it planned to keep soldiering on.

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MARCH 30, 2020

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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JUNE 20, 2017

There’s no question about it — today’s retail landscape is undergoing a digital revolution. With the online world enabling individuals to more easily start their own businesses, we’ve seen the likes of Etsy, Warby Parker and Dollar Shave Club come onto the retail scene. With Macy’s and Kohls’ shares down 20 percent alongside J.C.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The retailer said it voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware and is exploring a sale, Fortune reported. The retailer said in a filing last week that it might have to file for Chapter 11 if it could not reach a deal with creditors.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In addition, Lloyds is reducing its headcount by another 730 positions as part of a significant restructuring effort. Workers in the group transformation and retail banking workforces will be primarily impacted by the reductions, which will reportedly bring about no additional bank closings.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

When the going gets tough, the tough restructure their retail operations in an attempt to better facilitate change. Consolidation is coming to Walmart starting today, when six retail business units will be contracted down to four, according to a recent news release. Well, they do if they’re Walmart anyway.

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Accountancy Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Andy McGill, Restructuring and Insolvency partner at Azets, said: “UK insolvency levels continue to run at alarming levels, despite the UK technically still not being in recession.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

The big-box retailer, traditionally known for its mailed coupons that offered 15 or 20 percent discounts on bedding and other home accessories, will be stepping away from that touchstone. The effort is part of the retailer's restructuring plan.

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JULY 22, 2019

Retailers are feeling the heat from high rent costs. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal , while commercial retail rents are down, rent costs still remain higher than prerecession levels in many prime shopping areas, including Manhattan, Los Angeles and Dallas. The retailer fought the rent increase but lost.

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MARCH 2, 2020

s most high-profile retailers is doing well in the U.S. and another one is ready to open, both of them seeking a new market as their home turf sees retail struggles. s fastest growing brick-and-mortar retailer, Wren Kitchens. And also in training our retail staff to offer the customer a fantastic service.”.

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JULY 6, 2018

Following the closure of Toys R Us stores in June, retailers in the hobby and off-price segments may fill some of the larger empty big-box spaces. In January, the hobby retailer had arrived at a store count of 800 and, in June, the retailer had seven new stores. The retailer had over 700 remaining locations in the U.S.,

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

In July , Walmart cut its workforce by laying off hundreds in its logistics, real estate and retail location-planning divisions. “We The retailer confirmed the new round of layoffs to Footwear News on Wednesday (Dec. 2), adding it was part of a restructuring. The trade publication said that U.S.

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MAY 22, 2017

Automation has hit the manufacturing industry hard, costing the industry millions of factory jobs — yet it has the potential to hit retail even harder. million jobs over the next 10 years across retail and other sectors. That breaks down to 38 percent of the current 16 million-strong retail workforce.

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APRIL 10, 2017

Changing eCommerce and technological shifts in the retail space are now impacting payrolls. ECommerce and technology have absolutely changed the rules of the game and given massive amounts of power to the consumer,” Simeon Siegel, retail analyst for Nomura, told the NYT. According to a new report from the U.S.

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MAY 31, 2017

Under the watch of the former head of the retail business, Carrie Tolstedt, employees created as many as 2.1 The San Francisco-based bank has since replaced Tolstedt with Mary Mack as head of the retail business and is now reassigning four executives to report directly to Mack.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Going to be a good year for online retailers if analysts got their guess right. The study further noted that online retail sales growth has picked up just over 14 percent in the last year, and while there is expected to be some cooling there to 11.4 Omnichannel has changed the field some but also very much changed cost structures. “For

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Marijuana retail company MedMen is in the midst of a cash crunch in the industry, and it has been offering its vendors shares in the company in lieu of payment, according to a report Thursday (Jan. 23) by MarketWatch. . These are brands that heavily rely upon MedMen for their business.” .

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MARCH 9, 2017

For years, the retail industry has added more and more locations to help feed the hungry consumer, but the main issue now is whether this has backfired on retailers. One company speaking to this is clothing retailer Urban Outfitters. One company speaking to this is clothing retailer Urban Outfitters.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 4, 2023

Salesforce — Shares of the cloud-based software company jumped more than 3% after Salesforce announced that it is cutting 10% of its personnel and reducing some office space as part of a restructuring plan. Microsoft — The stock sank 4% following UBS’ downgrade to neutral from buy. General Electric — Shares gained 3.2%

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MAY 12, 2017

Many retailers have been suffering over the past few years due to the increasing popularity of shopping online. With beauty bloggers, YouTube tutorials and Instagram coming into the mix, the entire beauty retail experience has been flipped on its head. With this new in-store shopping experience, many other retailers are following suit.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

After 126 years in business as an iconic American retailer, Sears Holdings has reportedly turned down a bid by Chairman Eddie Lampert to help it stay open. The hedge fund will reportedly refer to the advisory fees incurred by Sears over its bankruptcy, which are said to make up a portion of the retailer’s administrative expenses.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

London-based Lloyd’s plans to cut roughly 730 additional jobs as part of its ongoing restructuring plan, which had been put on hold earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The job cuts will be largely in its technology and retail operations. While the bank intends to create 300 new jobs, it will eliminate more than 1,000.

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