美国历史最悠久的百货公司Lord&Taylor申请破产

美国历史最悠久的百货公司Lord&Taylor申请破产

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

美国历史最悠久的百货连锁店Lord&Taylor也加入了在冠状病毒大流行期间大批零售商破产的行列。

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

周日提交的申请不到一年前，Lord&Taylor被一家名为LeTote的在线服装租赁公司收购。

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.

多年来，Lord & Taylor一直在努力恢复与消费者的关系。去年，总部位于旧金山的Le Tote以1亿美元的价格从加拿大Hudson's Bay Co.手中买下了它，接管了它的38家门店，希望借此推动这家古老的百货公司向年轻的新顾客进军。

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.

但这一流行病对实体零售商造成了严重破坏，尤其是对萎靡不振的服装商店造成了无情的打击。由于人们在家里呆了几个月，服装销售大幅下滑。

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.

包括内曼·马库斯、布鲁克斯兄弟和纽约公司在内的一些公司都寻求通过破产程序来实现重组和生存。现在Lord & Taylor和Le Tote都加入了这个名单。

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.

拥有近200年历史的Lord & Taylor公司在20世纪50年代推出了第一家个人购物商店，甚至在20世纪30年代发明了百货商店的橱窗展示，用漂白的玉米片来制作雪花。

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.

将自己卖给一家成立7年的初创公司是该公司反弹的最后一搏。去年，Lord & Taylor在出售给Le Tote之前关闭了位于曼哈顿第五大道的旗舰店，并将这座标志性建筑出售给了WeWork。