Gardening and DIY enthusiasts have been dealt a double ... garden chain Dobbies revealed plans to shut down 17 outlets, citing them as unprofitable. In addition, last month Sainsbury's announced ...

According to a report by The Street, the home decor and houseware retailer Kirkland's Home plans to close their unprofitable stores. Kirkland's has not yet announced which locations it intends to ...

But the numbers don't lie: An increasing number of publicly traded companies are unprofitable. This trend can't continue indefinitely. Consider the chart above, courtesy of data from Finomial ...