J. Michael Issa Published in ABI Journal's November 2017 Issue

J. Michael Issa's article, 'The Rest of the Story About the State of Brick-and-Mortar Retail' was featured in the November 2017 issue of the ABI Journal. The ABI Journal stems from the American Bankruptcy Institute, an association of bankruptcy professionals from across the globe providing analysis of bankruptcy regulations, laws and trends. Take a look below for an excerpt from the article: 

It is a challenge to pick up a business periodical these days without confronting another article or commentary about the impending cataclysm facing retailers as a result of “online retailing.” This article performs a careful assessment of the facts surrounding the issue and offers a more in-depth analysis on the state of the retail industry. Somewhat surprisingly, given the amount of press already devoted to the topic, a significant number of very important facts have received little to no comment and may well be a considerable surprise to our readers. The big “surprises” generally fall into the following categories:

• The real magnitude of the problem.
• The collateral damage potential, some of which is almost completely invisible.
• The real causes of the problem beyond the inroads made by online retailing. 

Click here to read the entire article or here to see the entire November edition of The ABI Journal.