Paper is part of seasonal marketing for both bricks and mortar and online retailers.
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The sensory importance of touch and nostalgia are some reasons retailers won’t turn the page on paper catalogues.
About 23,000 companies went out of business in 2017.
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A bankruptcy filing always means there’s not enough money to go around, but the process ensures both debtors and creditors are protected.
Critics have worried Purdue might use bankruptcy to avoid accountability.
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While critics accuse companies facing lots of lawsuits of using bankruptcy as a sort of ‘get of jail free card,’ the reality of the legal procedure is more complicated.
The Sears catalog made it easier for anyone to live the American dream.
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Sears and other department stores not only changed how Americans consumed but altered the very nature of society and culture as well.
Shoppers browse at a Sears Canada store in Toronto in October after the company began liquidation sales. Its retirement funds are short $308 million, forcing a 19 per cent cut to employee pensions.
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Sears Canada’s bankruptcy should alert employees and regulators alike to rethink defined-benefit pensions.