Retail Focus 3/16/16 - Tailored Brands Eyes Closures, the Ballad of Children’s Palace

We delve into Tailored Brands' announcement regarding anticipated store closures in 2016, Dollar General's sales increase, and Apollo Global Management's purchase of The Fresh Market.  We also take an analytical glance at Child World/Children's Palace, a toy store that fell into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the early 1990s, and discuss lessons current retailers can learn from their story.