retail apocalypse

English

Etymology

First appeared in print in an essay titled It's Not My Department! in the early 1990s by author Peter Glen.

Noun

retail apocalypse (usually uncountable, plural retail apocalypses)

  1. (US, economics, urban studies) The closing of numerous brick-and-mortar retail stores in the United States, especially those of large chains, beginning around 2010.
    • 2018 June 13, Bryce Covert, “The Demise of Toys 'R' Us Is a Warning”, in The Atlantic‎[1], →ISSN:
      Toys “R” Us is hardly the only retail operation to learn this lesson the hard way. The so-called retail apocalypse felled roughly 7,000 stores and eliminated more than 50,000 jobs in 2017.
    • 2023 March 12, Jake Rheude, “Retail Apocalypse: What Is It and Should You Follow the Trend?”, in Loss Prevention Magazine‎[2]:
      The threat of a retail apocalypse coming for your business depends on the specific retail category and your current operations.

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