Big shrimpin'

Who could have imagined that Red Lobster’s endless shrimp promotion might have unintended financial consequences?

Does distress at retailers like Express, Jo-Ann’s and The Children’s Place mean the US consumer is in trouble?

Is ‘liability management’ a better term than ‘credit-on-creditor violence’? And why is communications firm C Street starting a new group dedicated to it?

We answer all these questions and many more in the latest episode of our Cloud 9fin podcast. Come for the silly headline, stay to meet the leaders of our new US distressed team: Max Frumes and Rachel Butt.

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