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Macy’s Suppliers Lose Backstop Insuring Payment for Goods

  • Two of largest credit insurers have stopped covering Macy’s
  • Suppliers may seek quicker payment, or stop shipping goods
A pedestrian passes a closed Macy's store on April 15.Photographer: Hannah Yoon/Bloomberg
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In a sign of how dire things have become for U.S. retailers, insurance companies that guarantee vendors get paid are now refusing to write policies covering Macy’s Inc. and other chains once considered sterling credits.

Coface SA and Euler Hermes Group SAS, two of the largest providers of credit insurance for vendors, have stopped writing policies covering Macy’s, according to people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the process isn’t public.