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Matt Katz Quoted in CNN Business “Some retailers are too broke to go bankrupt”
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Matt Katz Quoted in CNN Business “Some retailers are too broke to go bankrupt”
Matt Katz, Managing Partner and Head of Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods, was quoted in CNN Business on how struggling retailers are navigating bankruptcy during the pandemic. He notes how retailers can’t hold closing sales stating, “Historically, the store closing sales are pretty important, the longer they take, and more aged the merchandise gets, the less the value. That value is what the lenders are looking at.”
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