Sentence examples for retail collapse from inspiring English sources

It marks the first high-profile retail collapse of 2013 and comes soon after consumer electricals chain Comet hit the wall, sparking more than 6,000 job losses.

A look at the economic consequences of retail collapse uses the model developed by economist Amy Glasmeier for determining the earnings needed by families to cover essential costs without government help.

Naturally, there have been the Retail Collapses.

Figures from The Insolvency Service revealed there were 356 retail collapses in the third quarter of 2008 - up 39percentnt on the same period last year.

Despite the grim tally of retail collapses in which problems with vouchers have featured prominently, the association said sales of gift cards and vouchers actually increased by 3% in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the first quarter of 2012.

Walk into a Sears these days, and you'll see an icon of American retailing collapsing before your eyes.

The 92-year-old retail group collapsed by appointing Deloitte as administrator today, leaving the future of 4,123 staff hanging by a thread.

But the retail empire collapsed in 1989, when Mr. Antar and others were charged with falsifying the company's earnings to mask sagging profits and inflate its stock price.

Apple, explains producer Andrew Eaton, was ahead of its time: a multimedia enterprise that branched into film, fashion and retail, before collapsing at the start of the 1970s.

Two retail chains collapsed into administration yesterday, putting more than 5,300 jobs at risk as a restaurant chain moved to close scores of outlets.

bought the site at the height of the property boom in 2006, but when the recession hit and credit tightened, its plan to create a giant housing, leisure and retail complex collapsed.