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Lidia Ryan of The Register Citizen, a Connecticut-based newspaper, cites CreditRiskMonitor FRISK® score figures into this report about major retail chains at risk of bankruptcy.

RetailDive recently set out to compile a list of distressed retailers at risk of bankruptcy, using data provided by CreditRiskMonitor's proprietary FRISK® score. In this podcast, author Ben Unglesbee discusses his findings in advance of the 2019 holiday season.

Pamela Danziger of Forbes cites CreditRiskMonitor FRISK® score data to identify at-risk retailers during a sweeping restructure of the physical retail sector.

Doug Whiteman of MoneyWise cites CreditRiskMonitor data to predict which publicly traded retailers might be the next to declare bankruptcy.

Specialty retailer, The Container Store Group, Inc., filed for bankruptcy on December 22, 2024. The FRISK® Score had signaled the company’s financial distress for 12 consecutive months, providing early warning to subscribers. Yet the company’s Days Beyond Terms Index, a measure of historical trade payment performance, persistently indicated prompt payment behavior. The divergence between these indicators is known as the “Cloaking Effect”.

The party's over. Party City Holdco put up a fight, but suffocating debt and supply chain woes forced the American retailer into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

With data provided by CreditRiskMonitor, RetailDive's Ben Unglesbee looks at the growing debt problem plaguing American retailer J. C. Penney Company, Inc.

Unfortunately, bankruptcy fit Christopher & Banks Corporation perfectly, as the women's apparel retailer was walloped by the economic downturn brought on by COVID-19.

Ben Unglesbee of RetailDive leverages CreditRiskMonitor FRISK®️ score data to examine the current financial health of mega retailer Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC.