Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Twice as many retail stores will close in the U.S. this ...

Across the United States in 2025, the retail sector is experiencing a dramatic upheaval. Once-busy shopping centers are now ...

Among the more common economic tropes of the last 15 years has been the U.S. “retail apocalypse.” Giant e-commerce companies, so the story goes, have killed traditional brick-and-mortar establishments ...

These days, it seems like familiar stores are closing left and right. Some experts are saying that this is part of a “retail apocalypse.” And more than 15,000 stores — many of which are popular brands ...

Amid a string of retail bankruptcies, retail store closures have outpaced openings so far this year — the first time that has occurred in two years, a new report by analytics firm Coresight Research ...

It’s no secret that 2024 was a tough year for many retailers. From home goods stores like LL Flooring, to pharmacy chains like Walgreens, to automotive parts providers like Advance Auto Parts, ...

A counter-intuitive trend seems to be rippling through the retail industry. In the context of a relatively healthy (at worst lukewarm) economy at the moment, and in spite of a tight retail vacancy ...

Not long ago, the future of brick-and-mortar stores looked dicey. The rise of e-commerce, combined with COVID-19, threatened to gut Main Street business districts. Merchants were urged to prepare for ...

The clothing retailer announced in April that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to close 95 Express stores. Two of those stores were in Philadelphia. Another store in Bucks County also ...

We kept it very demure this year. We obsessed over skincare and Taylor Swift and stressed over politics and the price of groceries. But 2024 was also a brutal year for businesses, with a record number ...

Galleria Dallas has rebuilt "The Alley," its main entrance facing the Dallas North Tollway. The area includes outdoor seating for the North Italia restaurant that opened on March 6, 2024. Galleria ...

Yet as bad as 2024 was when it came to retailer closures, 2025 is expected to be much, much worse, according to a report out from Coresight Research. How bad, you ask? Last year saw the most U.S.