It has struggled to adapt to changing consumer preferences and is too reliant on traditional brick-and-mortar retail to compete with discount giants such as walmart inc. The strategic and real estate woes are not unique to the discount retail sector, said the real estate and investment management firm's president and global chairman of retail advisory services.
In an interview, he said that from a consumer perspective macedonia telegram data there was no clearly defined product available. They sell a lot of stuff to a lot of different people. Contrary to their biggest value competition, they can't compete with walmart or target, while they also can't compete with great value discount retailers like grocery or fashion retailers like and now burlington.
Says that placing too much emphasis on furniture won’t help. With home sales at historic lows and new housing starts at historic lows, no one is buying furniture and the kinds of things we're buying during the pandemic, he said. Overreliance on furniture and home furnishings has also become an inventory issue.