‘Business as Usual’ – Peace / Safety / Destruction / Economic Collapse
Jesus said the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah (Matthew 24:37-39). The thing about the days of Noah is that even in the midst of terrible apostasy, evil, violence, and rebellion against God, the people went ahead with their normal lives. They planted fields, they harvested crops, they built houses, they got married, and they had children. They went about business as usual, until the very day that Noah entered the ark, and then destruction came and took them all away
1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Revelation 13:16-17 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Business as Usual? Convergence of Economic Signs: More than 7,500 stores are closing in 2019 as the retail apocalypse drags on — here’s the full list
Hayley Peterson Jul. 12, 2019, 1:38 PM Business Insider.
More than 7,500 stores are expected to close in 2019.
The discount chain Fred’s said Friday that it would close another 129 stores, bringing its total number of store closures this year to 441.
Charlotte Russe, Family Dollar, and Chico’s recently announced more than 1,100 store closures in a span of 24 hours.
Payless has said it plans to close all of its 2,500 stores in what could be the largest retail liquidation in history.
The staggering rate of store closures that has rocked the retail industry over the past couple of years is expected to continue in 2019, with roughly the same level of closures expected this year.Retailers closed a record 102 million square feet of store space in 2017, then smashed that record in 2018 by closing another 155 million square feet, according to estimates by the commercial real-estate firm CoStar Group.”This year we are predicting more of the same in the retail space,” CoStar senior consultant Drew Myers said. Retailers have announced more than 7,500 store closures so far this year, according to an analysis by Business Insider. Here’s a list of all the stores closing this year:
(This list is too long to put on my blog. Here is the link that will take you directly to the article and a detailed list, with descriptions and number of stores.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/stores-closing-in-2019-list-2019-3