Visits to specific brick-and-mortar stores fell 17%.

Hundreds of well-known retail chains have announced store closures in 2026, and analysts say the wave isn't slowing down. According to Business Insider, more than 2,000 closures have already been ...

It’s finally happening. After months of speculation, bankruptcy filings, and the closure of a smattering of stores, Joann is shuttering all of its locations. Soon, the craft and fabrics retailer will ...

Despite the dramatic headlines portraying retail as a dying industry, sales are actually up overall, growing $121.5 billion in the first seven months of 2017. That’s just one of the facts research and ...

At least, that was a major theme of Vornado Realty Trust’s fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday. “The retail apocalypse is passing,” CEO Steve Roth said. “We are absolutely convinced that rents are ...

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 ...

WWD and Placer.ai’s Retail & Apparel Trends: 2025 Outlook webinar last week zeroed in on some key points that revealed that the so-called “retail apocalypse” was a fallacy, and that it’s more of a ...

Three of the most important themes in retail right now are the retail apocalypse, omnichannel and supply chain data analytics. In our view, this is not a coincidence: the industry is abuzz with talk ...