Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retail apocalypse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: re-tail apoc-a-lypse
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The closing of numerous brick-and-mortar retail stores in the United States, especially those of large chains, beginning around 2010.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Toys “R” Us is hardly the only retail operation to learn this lesson the hard way. The so-called retail apocalypse felled roughly 7,000 stores and eliminated more than 50,000 jobs in 2017."
"The threat of a retail apocalypse coming for your business depends on the specific retail category and your current operations."

Etymology

First appeared in print in an essay titled It's Not My Department! in the early 1990s by author Peter Glen.

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

retail apocalypses (plural)

Questions

What does retail apocalypse mean?: The closing of numerous brick-and-mortar retail stores in the United States, especially those of large chains, beginning around 2010.
Where does retail apocalypse come from?: First appeared in print in an essay titled It's Not My Department! in the early 1990s by author Peter Glen.

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