高端奢侈品零售商尼曼百貨(Neiman Marcus)一直都渴望向全球的奢侈品中心——紐約市進軍,這一目標(biāo)也終于在去年實現(xiàn)。但好景不長,這家百年巨頭如今卻面臨著破產(chǎn)的命運。
美國聯(lián)邦破產(chǎn)法院在7月23日提交的文件顯示,由于沉重的債務(wù)負擔(dān)和大幅縮水的銷售狀況,該公司已經(jīng)難以為繼,于今年5月申請了破產(chǎn)保護,并將永久關(guān)閉其位于曼哈頓西區(qū)的哈德遜廣場門店——這家紐約市的門店僅僅運營了一年,就不得不慘淡收場。
這家位于紐約市中心的尼曼商店于2019年3月開業(yè),當(dāng)時還為此舉行了盛大的開幕晚會,并邀請到了美國著名歌手、演員麗莎?明尼里進行特別表演,旨在讓這家發(fā)跡于達拉斯的連鎖零售商能在曼哈頓奢侈品市場的激烈競爭中占有一席之地,與其他一些老牌百貨公司分庭抗禮——例如薩克斯第五大道精品百貨店(Saks Fifth Avenue)、梅西百貨旗下的布魯明戴爾百貨店(Bloomingdale’s)、現(xiàn)已破產(chǎn)的巴尼斯紐約百貨公司(Barneys New York)和同在去年開設(shè)了第一家紐約市門店的諾德斯特龍(Nordstrom)。
這座紐約的尼曼百貨大樓斥資250億美元,建筑面積達18.8萬平方英尺,集寫字樓、公寓樓、豪華酒店、文化場館等多種用途于一體,希望以此吸引游客和市中心的上班族。但是自3月新冠疫情爆發(fā)以來,紐約基本上沒有游客,大多數(shù)上班族也都在家中工作。據(jù)美國消費者新聞與商業(yè)頻道(CNBC)稱,大樓的開發(fā)商Related Cos.公司正在打算重構(gòu)該門店的布局,計劃擴建出更多的辦公空間。
尼曼公司指出,盡管他們?yōu)楣逻d廣場的這家門店籌備了數(shù)年、投入了大量心血,但如今出于戰(zhàn)略調(diào)整的需要,他們不得不告別這里。公司的發(fā)言人告訴《財富》雜志:“哈德遜廣場的那棟大樓未來將把重心落在餐飲和辦公場所上,鑒于此,它已經(jīng)不再是我們的理想選址了。”
尼曼百貨設(shè)施齊全、富麗堂皇,但如今卻被迫收斂其在紐約大展宏圖的雄心壯志——這家三層樓的商店原本還打算建五層樓。同時,該公司的財務(wù)問題也使其失去競爭力,和其他零售巨頭的體量相比,根本不在一個段位、無法望其項背:薩克斯精品百貨已經(jīng)豪擲數(shù)億美元對旗艦店進行改建,諾德斯特龍的紐約市門店也采用了時下最先進的設(shè)施。
但早在疫情爆發(fā)之前,就有種種跡象表明,奢侈品百貨市場已經(jīng)達到飽和。去年,哈德遜灣公司(Hudson's Bay Co.)旗下的薩克斯第五大道百貨僅在開業(yè)兩年后就關(guān)閉了其曼哈頓下城區(qū)的門店,而巴尼斯紐約百貨則在2月倒閉了。
法庭文件顯示,尼曼百貨還將關(guān)閉其位于華盛頓勞德代爾堡、棕櫚灘和貝爾維尤等地區(qū)的門店——此后,該公司將僅剩39家門店。尼曼百貨在紐約市經(jīng)營有四家旗下商店,還在曼哈頓擁有一家Bergdorf Goodman的高端精品商店。(財富中文網(wǎng))
編譯:陳聰聰
高端奢侈品零售商尼曼百貨(Neiman Marcus)一直都渴望向全球的奢侈品中心——紐約市進軍,這一目標(biāo)也終于在去年實現(xiàn)。但好景不長,這家百年巨頭如今卻面臨著破產(chǎn)的命運。
美國聯(lián)邦破產(chǎn)法院在7月23日提交的文件顯示,由于沉重的債務(wù)負擔(dān)和大幅縮水的銷售狀況,該公司已經(jīng)難以為繼,于今年5月申請了破產(chǎn)保護,并將永久關(guān)閉其位于曼哈頓西區(qū)的哈德遜廣場門店——這家紐約市的門店僅僅運營了一年,就不得不慘淡收場。
這家位于紐約市中心的尼曼商店于2019年3月開業(yè),當(dāng)時還為此舉行了盛大的開幕晚會,并邀請到了美國著名歌手、演員麗莎?明尼里進行特別表演,旨在讓這家發(fā)跡于達拉斯的連鎖零售商能在曼哈頓奢侈品市場的激烈競爭中占有一席之地,與其他一些老牌百貨公司分庭抗禮——例如薩克斯第五大道精品百貨店(Saks Fifth Avenue)、梅西百貨旗下的布魯明戴爾百貨店(Bloomingdale’s)、現(xiàn)已破產(chǎn)的巴尼斯紐約百貨公司(Barneys New York)和同在去年開設(shè)了第一家紐約市門店的諾德斯特龍(Nordstrom)。
這座紐約的尼曼百貨大樓斥資250億美元,建筑面積達18.8萬平方英尺,集寫字樓、公寓樓、豪華酒店、文化場館等多種用途于一體,希望以此吸引游客和市中心的上班族。但是自3月新冠疫情爆發(fā)以來,紐約基本上沒有游客,大多數(shù)上班族也都在家中工作。據(jù)美國消費者新聞與商業(yè)頻道(CNBC)稱,大樓的開發(fā)商Related Cos.公司正在打算重構(gòu)該門店的布局,計劃擴建出更多的辦公空間。
尼曼公司指出,盡管他們?yōu)楣逻d廣場的這家門店籌備了數(shù)年、投入了大量心血,但如今出于戰(zhàn)略調(diào)整的需要,他們不得不告別這里。公司的發(fā)言人告訴《財富》雜志:“哈德遜廣場的那棟大樓未來將把重心落在餐飲和辦公場所上,鑒于此,它已經(jīng)不再是我們的理想選址了。”
尼曼百貨設(shè)施齊全、富麗堂皇,但如今卻被迫收斂其在紐約大展宏圖的雄心壯志——這家三層樓的商店原本還打算建五層樓。同時,該公司的財務(wù)問題也使其失去競爭力,和其他零售巨頭的體量相比,根本不在一個段位、無法望其項背:薩克斯精品百貨已經(jīng)豪擲數(shù)億美元對旗艦店進行改建,諾德斯特龍的紐約市門店也采用了時下最先進的設(shè)施。
但早在疫情爆發(fā)之前,就有種種跡象表明,奢侈品百貨市場已經(jīng)達到飽和。去年,哈德遜灣公司(Hudson's Bay Co.)旗下的薩克斯第五大道百貨僅在開業(yè)兩年后就關(guān)閉了其曼哈頓下城區(qū)的門店,而巴尼斯紐約百貨則在2月倒閉了。
法庭文件顯示,尼曼百貨還將關(guān)閉其位于華盛頓勞德代爾堡、棕櫚灘和貝爾維尤等地區(qū)的門店——此后,該公司將僅剩39家門店。尼曼百貨在紐約市經(jīng)營有四家旗下商店,還在曼哈頓擁有一家Bergdorf Goodman的高端精品商店。(財富中文網(wǎng))
編譯:陳聰聰
Neiman Marcus for years craved having a store in luxury’s global capital, New York City. The high-end department store chain finally reached that goal last year, but it proved to be fleeting.
The company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in May under the weight of massive debt obligations and shriveling sales, will permanently close the store—located in the sprawling Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s West Side—after only a year in operation, according to federal bankruptcy court documents filed on July 23.
The store, whose glitzy opening party in March 2019 featured a special performance by Liza Minnelli, was meant to give Neiman a horse in Manhattan’s luxury race and enable the Dallas-based chain to go toe-to-toe with Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale’s, the defunct Barneys New York, and Nordstrom, which also opened its first New York City department store last year.
The hope for the 188,000-square-foot Neiman store was that it would draw tourists and office workers from a sprawling new $25 billion multiuse development with office towers, apartment buildings, a luxury hotel, and even a cultural venue. But given the COVID-19 outbreak that first hit in March, tourists are largely absent from New York, and most office workers are working from home. According to CNBC, the developer, Related Cos., is planning to repurpose the store to create more office space in the development.
Neiman pointed to that as a reason for exiting Hudson Yards, even though the retailer spent years developing the store. “A physical location in Hudson Yards is no longer an ideal space for us given the preponderance of restaurants and future office space in that mall,” a Neiman spokesman told Fortune.
Neiman, whose stores are well-appointed and luxurious, had already been forced to rein in its New York ambitions—the three-floor store had originally been meant to have five stories. And the company’s financial problems impeded its ability to make the store a true standout by its own standards and compared with its rivals. Saks has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on remodeling its flagship, while Nordstrom’s New York City store is similarly state-of-the-art.
But well before the pandemic, there were signs that the market for luxury department store shopping had reached a saturation point. Last year, Saks Fifth Avenue, owned by Hudson’s Bay Co., closed its Lower Manhattan outpost after only two years, while Barneys New York went out of business altogether in February.
Neiman Marcus is also closing stores in Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and Bellevue, Wash., according to the court filing. That will leave it with 39 department stores. Neiman operates four stores in the New York City area as well as the Bergdorf Goodman store in Manhattan.