Chain stores decline in every borough

For the second time in a row, New York City will end the year with fewer national chain stores than it started with. According to the Center for an Urban Future’s latest State of the Chains report, the city saw a net loss of 304 chain-store locations in the past year, reducing the total to 7,832. Since the Center began publishing the annual study in 2008, the number has only declined twice — last year

source https://therealdeal.com/2019/12/20/chain-stores-decline-in-every-borough/