The ship is sinking quickly at Neiman Marcus. The company has an enormous amount of debt, almost 5 BILLION dollars to be exact. Yes, I said BILLION, most of which was acquired by shady deals led by a private equity firm.

Neiman Marcus is a shell of its former self; what was once considered a high end retailer has now turned in to nothing more than on overpriced Sears. There are countless problems that have resulted in the destruction of NM stores; they have an aging infrastructure, sales have declined six consecutive quarters, and their traffic is plunging at all locations.  And this is just scratching the surface. They have abandoned any dreams they had of filing an IPO, and are currently borrowing money to make interest payments on it’s debt. I’ll repeat they are currently borrowing money to make interest payments on it’s debt. Just think about that for a minute.

Neiman Marcus operates 46 full line stores, 30 Last Call Clearance Centers, 2 Bergdorf Goodman stores, and 2 Horchow Finale Furniture Outlets, all of which will be closing soon. It’s only a matter of time before the once iconic Neiman Marcus is another victim of the retail apocalypse.

On Friday, September 1st 2017 I walked into Neiman Marcus’s Last Call Clearance Center in the Philadelphia Premium Outlets and it was a complete nightmare.  If the pictures below are any indication of how these stores are operating, it leads me to believe that the retail cyclone will soon claim another victim, Neiman Marcus’s Last Call…..More Here