Women's Wear Daily

Modell’s Sporting Goods Stores Restart Going-Out-of-Business Sales

With state and local governments easing shelter-in-place restrictions, bankrupt Modell’s Sporting Goods has reopened to continue with its going-out-of-business (GOB) sales at 107 locations. The ...
Retail TouchPoints

Modell’s Sporting Goods Adds Protective Gear Against Cyberthreats

Modell’s Sporting Goods is strapping on protective tech gear to keep its IT and data systems as safe as possible. The 150-store family-owned retailer is working to combat creative, fast-moving hackers ...
Women's Wear Daily

Modell’s Last-Ditch Crowdfunding Hail Mary Couldn’t Stave Off Chapter 11

If you “gotta go to Mo’s,” you’d better make it quick. Just weeks after the ailing retailer launched a last-gasp effort to crowdsource new investors in hopes of selling a minority stake, Modell’s ...
Retail TouchPoints

Potential Modell’s, Sports Direct Bid For 200 Sports Authority Stores: Home Run Or Error?

Modell’s Sporting Goods and UK-based Sports Direct are in talks for a potential joint deal to buy as many as 200 Sports Authority stores, according to the Wall Street Journal. With the Sports ...
The Real Deal

Mitch Modell looks to buy Party City, Big Lots

The Modell’s founder told The Real Deal he plans to submit a term sheet to buy the distressed retailer Party City by the end of the week. Modell said he also will submit one by Friday to buy Big Lots ...