美國歷史最悠久的百貨公司Lord&Taylor申請破產(chǎn)

美國歷史最悠久的百貨公司Lord&Taylor申請破產(chǎn)

Lord & Taylor, the oldest U.S. department store chain, has joined the cascade of retailers tumbling into bankruptcy during the coronavirus pandemic.

美國歷史最悠久的百貨連鎖店Lord&Taylor也加入了在冠狀病毒大流行期間大批零售商破產(chǎn)的行列。

Sunday's filing comes less than a year after Lord & Taylor was acquired by an online clothing-rental startup called Le Tote.

周日提交的申請不到一年前，Lord&Taylor被一家名為LeTote的在線服裝租賃公司收購。

Lord & Taylor had struggled to revive its relevance with shoppers for years. Last year, San Francisco-based Le Tote bought it for $100 million from Canada's Hudson's Bay Co., taking over its 38 locations and hoping to propel the venerable department store toward new, younger shoppers.

多年來，Lord & Taylor一直在努力恢復與消費者的關(guān)系。去年，總部位于舊金山的Le Tote以1億美元的價格從加拿大Hudson's Bay Co.手中買下了它，接管了它的38家門店，希望借此推動這家古老的百貨公司向年輕的新顧客進軍。

But the pandemic has wreaked havoc on brick-and-mortar retailers, combing with particular ruthlessness through flagging apparel stores. As people spent months holed up at home, clothing sales collapsed.

但這一流行病對實體零售商造成了嚴重破壞，尤其是對萎靡不振的服裝商店造成了無情的打擊。由于人們在家里呆了幾個月，服裝銷售大幅下滑。

Companies including Neiman Marcus , Brooks Brothers and New York & Co. were among those turning to bankruptcy proceedings as a way to restructure and survive. Now both Lord & Taylor and Le Tote join this list.

包括內(nèi)曼·馬庫斯、布魯克斯兄弟和紐約公司在內(nèi)的一些公司都尋求通過破產(chǎn)程序來實現(xiàn)重組和生存?，F(xiàn)在Lord & Taylor和Le Tote都加入了這個名單。

At almost 200 years old, Lord & Taylor is credited with launching the first personal shoppers in the 1950s and even inventing the department store window display in the 1930s, featuring bleached cornflakes for snowflakes.

擁有近200年歷史的Lord & Taylor公司在20世紀50年代推出了第一家個人購物商店，甚至在20世紀30年代發(fā)明了百貨商店的櫥窗展示，用漂白的玉米片來制作雪花。

Selling itself to a 7-year-old startup was the company's last-ditch effort to bounce back. Last year, before the sale to Le Tote, Lord & Taylor had closed its flagship store on Manhattan's 5th Avenue and sold the iconic building to WeWork.

將自己賣給一家成立7年的初創(chuàng)公司是該公司反彈的最后一搏。去年，Lord & Taylor在出售給Le Tote之前關(guān)閉了位于曼哈頓第五大道的旗艦店，并將這座標志性建筑出售給了WeWork。