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Sizzle Or Fizzle As Mall Landlord Eyes Investing In Tenants?
Sizzle Or Fizzle As Mall Landlord Eyes Investing In Tenants?
August 02, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Simon to the rescue? To save the malls, and the retailers in the malls, look to the mall owner. Maybe. News came this past week...

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Earnings Season Looms As Multi-Week Fizzle
Earnings Season Looms As Multi-Week Fizzle
July 05, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Earnings season begins roughly two weeks after the close of the quarter. Earnings season serves as a barometer of the health of companies, and as...

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Facebook’s Post-Libra Fizzle
Facebook’s Post-Libra Fizzle
June 28, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

This was probably not the week Facebook had expected, post-Libra. You know, by now, that the social media giant unveiled the details of a new...

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Crypto’s Grand Stage To Sizzle (Or Fizzle)?
Crypto’s Grand Stage To Sizzle (Or Fizzle)?
June 21, 2019  |  News

Bitcoin, move over. There’s a new digital coin of the realm. Or maybe not. Maybe it all takes off.  Or maybe not. Against a backdrop...

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Uber’s IPO Blame Game
Uber’s IPO Blame Game
June 14, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

We all like to be rewarded for work and vision, for toil and trouble. For putting up money where, literally, our mouths are. If only...

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SCA Readiness Fizzles In Face Of September Deadline
SCA Readiness Fizzles In Face Of September Deadline
June 07, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

To steal a line from Earth, Wind & Fire, it’s likely to be a September to remember. For merchants large and small, might this fall,...

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Retail’s Fizzling Store Count
Retail’s Fizzling Store Count
May 31, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Perhaps at this point it might  be better to ask which retailers, if any, are not shuttering stores. The data came this week from Coresight...

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Earnings Season Fizzle Puts Kohl’s In The Spotlight
Earnings Season Fizzle Puts Kohl’s In The Spotlight
May 24, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Earnings season is a time for reflection after reaction. For Kohl’s, which put up a poor showing in its latest results, and which gave the nod...

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eCommerce Sizzle Boosts Brick-and-Mortar Comp Sales
eCommerce Sizzle Boosts Brick-and-Mortar Comp Sales
May 17, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

In this week’s sizzles, Walmart digital sales increase, Visa says contactless checkout is on the rise and Buffett’s Berkshire invests in Amazon. Fizzles include SoftBank...

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