Comments on: Crabtree & Evelyn Ltd. files for bankruptcy http://www.georgesmayblog.com/crabtree-evelyn-ltd-files-for-bankruptcy/ Business news and current events. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:18:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ted Hurlbut http://www.georgesmayblog.com/crabtree-evelyn-ltd-files-for-bankruptcy/comment-page-1/#comment-3999 Ted Hurlbut Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:37:20 +0000 http://www.georgesmayblog.com/?p=1572#comment-3999 This is the second major national chain (eddie Bauer) to file in the last few weeks, as we come to the end of the spring retail season. Are these isolated filings, or are they the beginning of a new wave of bankruptcies? As long as consumer spending remains weak, retailers will be under continuing pressure due to weak sales and substandard margins, and more will become at serious risk of failing.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-3999">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> This is the second major national chain (eddie Bauer) to file in the last few weeks, as we come to the end of the spring retail season. Are these isolated filings, or are they the beginning of a new wave of bankruptcies? As long as consumer spending remains weak, retailers will be under continuing pressure due to weak sales and substandard margins, and more will become at serious risk of failing.

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