More Retailers File for Bankruptcy Twice as They Struggle with Rising Debt, Pressure from Amazon
In the wake of grocery chain Fairway filing for bankruptcy, Stephen Selbst, Chair of the Financial Litigation & Restructuring Department, spoke to CNBC about the rise of retail bankruptcies and the challenges retailers are facing. Stephen said, “[w]e deal with the sick industries, and retail has been a sick industry for a while....Retail is a tough business. If you lose that connection with shoppers, it is really hard to get them back.”