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retail apocalypses

retail apocalypses is the plural of retail apocalypse.

Meaning of retail apocalypse

Noun

retail apocalypse (usually uncountable, plural retail apocalypses)

  1. (US, usually, urban studies) The closing of numerous brick-and-mortar retail stores in the United States, especially those of large chains, beginning around 2010.
    • 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 2017.2018 June 13, Bryce Covert, “The Demise of Toys 'R' Us Is a Warning”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN

Questions about retail apocalypses

What is retail apocalypses the plural of?
Retail apocalypses is the plural of retail apocalypse.

Words near retail apocalypses in the dictionary

  1. retaggers
  2. retagging
  3. retags
  4. retail
  5. retail apocalypse
  6. retail apocalypses
  7. retail bank
  8. retail banking
  9. retail banks
  10. retail credit
  11. retail park

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