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发帖数: 23482 | 1 Filene's, Syms File for Bankruptcy, Plan to Close Doors
早先两家合并，SYMS里面一些好货就消失了，现在这要是一倒，唉。
Syms Corp. and its affiliate, Filene’s Basement, filed for bankruptcy
protection today and announced plans to liquidate, citing increased
competition in the off-price retail industry.
The stores, which are perennial favorites of bargain brides and frugal
fashionistas, received no bids to be taken over.
Both chains plan to capitalize on the upcoming holiday shopping rush to
liquidate their inventories, said Gary Binkoski, interim chief financial
officer, according to the court documents.
In total, 25 Syms locations and 21 Filene’s Basement stores will close,
which is anticipated to be sometime in January after liquidation.
The bankruptcy filings were “the results of a process that has taken place
for several months,” CEO Marcy Syms said in a statement.
Secaucus, N.J.-based Syms listed $236 million in assets in documents that
were filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. Of that, $97.
7 million is in real estate inventories, $65.8 million merchandise inventory
and $70 million in “other assets.” Total liabilities were listed at $94
million.
The court documents cited increased competition as the reason the retailers
could no longer compete in the booming off-price merchandise marketplace.
Retail analyst Michael Tesler, a partner at Retail Concepts in Norwell, Mass
., said the fault rests squarely with Syms Corp., and Filene’s Basement.
“Retailing is about change,” Tesler said. “They didn’t change and adapt
and find ways to stay fresh and interesting. They became stale.”
Tesler pointed to off-price behemoths TJ Maxx and Marshall’s as examples of
stores that are leading the industry.
The advent of upscale stores’ – such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstrom –
opening outlet stores also “kept Sym’s and Filene’s Basement from
getting the best merchandise,” Tesler said.
Filene’s Basement has previously filed for bankruptcy on two other
occasions. The chain was acquired at auction by Syms Corp. in June of 2009,
joining together the two historic brick-and-mortar stores.
Filene’s Basement started in 1909 as a way for Edward A. Filene to sell
excess merchandise from his father’s Boston department store at deep
discounts. Filene’s business model caught on and lead to other retailers’
bringing him their extra goods to sell, according to the chain’s website.
Syms was founded by Sy Syms in 1958 and made its name selling brand names at
deep discounts. It prospered under the motto “an educated consumer is our
best consumer”.
According to the company’s last financial report, Filene’s Basement
employed 1,555 people, while Sym’s employed 910 people. | Y*****2
发帖数: 38613 | | l*****z
发帖数: 13617 | | m*****5
发帖数: 23482 | 4 这两家现在好东西不好淘了
SYMS被收购之前能买到KRIZIA, FURLA, FENDI, CLARK这些好东西，收购以后就没有了
貌似GILT这些网店出来以后，折扣店要搞点好货已经越来越难了，又不肯像TJMAXX那样
小单也进，就把自己搞的很悲剧
我估计下一个挂的会是BERLINGTON FACTORY | g*******a
发帖数: 31586 | | m*****5
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DOWNTOWN那家还在，中城那家倒了我很悲愤，难得一家折扣店的试衣间不用排队
【在 g*******a 的大作中提到】
: 晕SYMS要倒了 我一直说要去里面买衣服
| g*******a
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哪家最大 华尔街的 还是？我想买件外套
【在 m*****5 的大作中提到】
:
: DOWNTOWN那家还在，中城那家倒了我很悲愤，难得一家折扣店的试衣间不用排队
| m*****5
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TRINITY PL 的那家，现在只有这一家了，不过男装部还是蛮赞的
【在 g*******a 的大作中提到】
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: 哪家最大 华尔街的 还是？我想买件外套
| g**********y
发帖数: 1217 | 9 syms 东西很差啊，倒了就倒了吧。burlington factory也不好。
我看TJMaxx和Marshalls也就撑着，没什么好东西了 | m*****5
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TJMAXX的鞋部可以每礼拜去瞄一眼，能找到好东西，还比C21家的便宜
当然，C21家鞋部也是很赞的，能搞到FITFLOPS
SYMS以前真的不差了，是被F家收购以后，好点的牌子都去了F家，有的牌子干脆就断了
，这才搞的很差的
【在 g**********y 的大作中提到】
: syms 东西很差啊，倒了就倒了吧。burlington factory也不好。
: 我看TJMaxx和Marshalls也就撑着，没什么好东西了
| | | l********l
发帖数: 9452 | 11 Salvatore Ferragamo 下周sample sale，flat都99一双 | g**********y
发帖数: 1217 | 12 你也喜欢逛街啊
小马甲是女滴？
【在 m*****5 的大作中提到】
:
: TJMAXX的鞋部可以每礼拜去瞄一眼，能找到好东西，还比C21家的便宜
: 当然，C21家鞋部也是很赞的，能搞到FITFLOPS
: SYMS以前真的不差了，是被F家收购以后，好点的牌子都去了F家，有的牌子干脆就断了
: ，这才搞的很差的
| m*****5
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男的
所以SYMS这样专心做男装生意的店倒了让我很悲催
【在 g**********y 的大作中提到】
: 你也喜欢逛街啊
: 小马甲是女滴？
| c********e
发帖数: 6158 | 14 ai, less job opportunities...
【在 m*****5 的大作中提到】
: Filene's, Syms File for Bankruptcy, Plan to Close Doors
: 早先两家合并，SYMS里面一些好货就消失了，现在这要是一倒，唉。
: Syms Corp. and its affiliate, Filene’s Basement, filed for bankruptcy
: protection today and announced plans to liquidate, citing increased
: competition in the off-price retail industry.
: The stores, which are perennial favorites of bargain brides and frugal
: fashionistas, received no bids to be taken over.
: Both chains plan to capitalize on the upcoming holiday shopping rush to
: liquidate their inventories, said Gary Binkoski, interim chief financial
: officer, according to the court documents.
| a**n
发帖数: 431 | 15 burlington factory, 衣服除了黑/百/灰, 没见彩色的. 太差了. |
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