Free Data GraphicCoresight Bites: America’s Retail Bankruptcies—2021 Review Coresight Research January 6, 2022 Coresight Bites provide free snapshots of Coresight Research data and findings. Subscribers can access the full research here. To find out how to subscribe, click here. The US retail industry is navigating an unprecedented era of disruption and transformation. Following a large number of bankruptcy filings in 2020, retail failures substantially slowed in 2021. Although major apparel retailers and brand owners are witnessing a substantial recovery, apparel continues to be the hardest-hit sector in terms of bankruptcies. Click the image below to read our review of major US retail bankruptcies in 2021 in total and by notable retailers, as well as the key factors that led selected retailers to collapse. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Innovator Profile: Veesual—Enhancing the Online Apparel Shopping Journey with Image GenerationWeekly UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 40: Claire’s UK Bought Out of BankruptcyAnalyst Corner—Key Tech Themes at CES 2025 and NRF 2025, with John HarmonWeekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 3: Joann Files for Bankruptcy Again as US Closures Cross 2,000