04-13-2008, 07:28 AM
Quote:Some banks are displaying a lack of confidence in catalog and multichannel retail operations. Several multichannel merchants have closed or warned that they may have to cease operations after financing has dried up.
In the most recent example, cataloger Red Envelope said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31 that it had been informed by Wells Fargo Retail Finance LLC that the bank would no longer provide the multichannel merchant with the ability to draw on its credit line. As a result, the nine-year-old gifts cataloger said it has insufficient funds to continue operations as a going concern and is currently engaged in discussions with two potential acquirers.
Banks are getting very skittish, particularly with retail consumer businesses that did not perform very well last year in the fourth quarter,...
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