I blog on Forbes.com You can access me at blogs.forbes.com/walterloeb/

Joined January 2017
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Sears has doubt that it can keep its doors open. I have doubts that it is a viable enterprise. See my blog on Forbes. All retailers worry
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Target will open a small store in NYC Herald Square. Will battle Macy's. Store will be too small for high traffic location. More worries.
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3591 stores are closing in 2017. That means that more than 50,000 people will be out of work. Retail is consolidating. Who will be next?
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I am worried about Lidl invading the USA this summer. It will create price wars with Walmart and others. Readblog in Forbes.com

Ulta Beauty reported excellent 2016 sales and earnings. Outlook is very bright. Company will sell MAC cosmetics open another 100 stores
Just posed a blog about the problems at Target Stores. May take several years to regain momentum. Management is struggling.
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In my new blog on BEST BUY i discuss their tepid sales and a glum - very flatish outlook for fiscal 2017. Blog is on forbes.com
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Just posted a J.C.Penney blog that also discusses the hostile environment retailers are facing. Costs will rise and stores will close.
Just posted a blog on TJX and Macy's. TJX report for 2016 was excellent - sales hit $33.2 Billion - outlook great
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Can America’s department stores survive? for.tn/2kGfp6O

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Back from a fantastic cruise in the Caribbean. Missed all the snow. Ready to post blog on reatail industry tomorrow
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Just posted a blog on Walmart's Sam's Club new leadership. Will do battle with competition! Great move. blogs.forbes.com/walterloeb/

Just posted a blog on H&M : good 2016 sales, lousy earnings, company is switching to on-line sales - millennials will love it!
I want to thank everybody who made my birthday a happy occasion - my wife Phyllis, my daughters and my doctors who prescribe many pills
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Just posted a blog on LVMH. They had a great year but are expecting a slowdown of sales in 2017. Are we in a consumer recession?
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Just posted a blog on Alibaba whose plans to expand dwarfs anything i have seen. Jack Ma is trying to gain President Trump's favor. Wow!
Today's WWD article on Overstored America is excellent and worrying. More store closings in sight. Macy's and Sears are just the beginning.
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Hi world I am now tweeting
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