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The impact of COVID-19 restrictions and precautions, combined with trending consumer preferences to shop online, is fueling bankruptcy filings of well-known brick-and-mortar brands. As customers bid farewell to fond strip mall haunts, savvy and imaginative purchasers reap the benefits by snapping up household names like RadioShack, Pier 1 Imports, and Toys “R” Us. The retail market is poised for a restructuring of its own kind a shift of major brand names into exclusively ecommerce businesses.
General Wireless Operations, Inc. dba RadioShack, Inc., which emerged from a bankruptcy in 2018, is a recent example. In November, Retail Ecommerce Ventures (“REV”) purchased the rights to use RadioShack’s brand, private label names, and website in the U.S. and certain other countries. REV has earned a reputation for acquiring distressed retail brands, like Pier 1 Imports, dressbarn, Modell’s Sporting Goods, and Linens �