GoLocalProv | If You Thought 2020 Was Tough for Retailers, Top Research Firm Says 2021 Will Be Far Worse
Saturday, January 30, 2021 View Larger + Look down any Main Street in Rhode Island and see the retail "For Lease" signs. Malls from Providence Place to Garden City have been impacted. From Newport’s Thames to Providence’s Thayer and Woonsocket's Main Streets, every area has been hit by store closures. In 2020, retail store closures ended up tracking at 8,741 across the United States. Numerous retail chains saw bankruptcy, along with 3,304 openings. That was a deceleration from the 9,832 closures tracked in 2019 — the highest number Coresight Research tracked. As bad as 2019 and 202...
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