Frontier Communications’ deteriorating business fundamentals have been ongoing for years now, and CreditRiskMonitor’s subscriber crowdsourcing has provided an important high-risk signal in the last few quarters.
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Tick tock. WeWork Inc. carries over $21 billion in debt and reported $5 billion in net losses in the past year. This real-estate giant with more than 700 property locations worldwide is increasingly distressed.
Standard & Poor’s recently released a list of retailers that it believes to be at the highest risk of default over the course of 2018. The retail industry is changing quickly, and it’s important to separate the operators that have kept themselves in good financial stead versus the ones which have not.
Apparel retailers have required significant adjustments to handle their financial leverage and operating lease commitments. Brooks Brothers and Tailored Brands, in particular, fell prey to slowing demand for professional business attire, a trend which was accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Knowledge of how and when to react to a business defaulting is essential; cutting ties with a customer or supplier too soon could lead to a missed sales opportunity, while being too late can result in financial loss.
A full-blown trade war between China and the United States could impact operators with poor credit quality, which CreditRiskMonitor tracks daily.
Supplier financial risk is the source of many recurring, prolonged, and unanticipated supply chain issues that can otherwise be prevented or mitigated - if you're willing to ask a few pertinent questions.
Toys “R” Us filed for bankruptcy right before the holiday season in 2017 as suppliers began to restrict access to trade credit, setting in motion a liquidity crunch.