This would eliminate the heavy traffic of the labor intensive apparel industry and the high maintenance it required to the building.

Imagine all the grocery stores that would miss out on tailgate food, clothing retailers of apparel, bars that have specials on Monday nights!

Advertise using Apparel with Logos: Hats, T-Shirts, Golf Shirts, 48.

Good afternoon,I am new to biggerpockets, been living in NY since December 2014 and have a growing interest in Real Estate Investing...I have seen some fixing and flipping in Florida from when i used to live there and i am looking to see if there is anyone in the NY area interested in mentoring me.I have experience procuring manufacturing of products in South America in the food industry, wood business and apparel manufacturing.

I spent 2011-2018 trying to sell Tennessee Volunteers apparel in upper East Tennessee and literally losing all of my shirts in the process.

Industry is strong, with a diversified economic base - tech, insurance, apparel, banking, e-comm fulfillment are all represented.

Cash invested: $5,000 Invested in Start-up Company "Rogues Apparel."

The short answer is that yes, certain categories of retail such as apparel, consumer electronics and department stores, which are vulnerable to eCommerce, have been hit harder than others.  

Coverage has been narrowly focused on a limited number of chains that were heavily concentrated across a few segments that were most vulnerable to disruption, such as apparel, consumer electronics and department stores.

I think apparel stores and the like had problems before and now many face extinction versus reinventing themselves.