Odd he did not mention MSNBC or CNBC...
It would be nice if we could add Chicago, Inc. and the DNC to the list.
It would be nice if we could add Chicago, Inc. and the DNC to the list.
Palm is gonna get RIMMed?.................
1, 3, 5 and 7 deserve it....
The explanation for Sears seems to explain why it should not be on the list.
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away!
Add to list:
1) Macy’s
2) Wendy’s
3) Hertz rent a car
4) JC Pennys
5) GM
6) Chrysler
7) several NBA teams
8) Yellow Freight
9) DELL
10) Bank of America
He forgot a whole bunch of newspapers too. Oh wait, they’ll get a bailout....
Re: Sears
I have, in the past, bought Craftsman tools, and still do. That’s the only reason I go to Sears.
Anyone try to search for something on their site? Its, effectively, worthless. If you put in a search term for something you know they have, odds are it won’t be pulled up and you’ll instead be presented with screens full of other items that have similar names - and some that seem to have no relation to your search at all. Total waste of time.
I’ve sent numerous emails (once you’re able to find contact info, which is another problem with the site) to no avail. I’ve just about given up on the brand.
Magellan was a better product than Garmin only a couple of years ago, and was the favored brand for geocachers due to better signal reception. Garmin’s stuff has gotten better, but so has Magellan. I just don’t see any of the “real” GPS companies getting shut out by fragile smartphones, at least in the “outdoor” market. Maybe as an urban product, but not for hunters etc. There are several other more technical GPS manufacturers that I would expect to sink before Magellan, such as Loran, Trimble, and DeLorme.
I don’t see Palm going under.
Sprint has great service and the Pixie is the perfect cheap starter combo. Sprint and Palm are together.
They also just brought out the Pre.
Now Blockbuster is horrible. 5.00 to rent a movie overnight? Right. Redbox and Netflix are killing them.
Newspaper companies began diversifying as early as the 1960’s by buying up small daily papers in markets—like the Sunbelt—that would later grow. They also began buying network-affiliated television stations in the same markets. This foresight by one generation of publishers was later wasted, in many instances, by the next generation. For example The New York Times Company two years ago sold off all their television stations—potentially the one sector of their holdings with a future—for half a billion dollars. They used this money to prop up their stock price, invest in on-line projects and pay off bills at the flagship paper in New York. More recently the Times Company has been selling some of its chain of small dailies across the South. The mentality is to cannibalize their assets in a doomed effort to keep publishing the New York Times each day to a shrinking population of loyal readers.
Add the communist seized General Motors, Chrysler, and Bank of America.
And Verizon goes on & on
There is no God
I love the chaos of Borders and much prefer it to the regimented B&N.
As for Blockbuster their problems go well beyond “a great example of how technological change can crush winners that fail to keep up.” Their constant and egregious abuse of their market position had many customers abandoning them well before Netflix asserted its might. From the retail spaces which were more concerned with add-a-sale than core business to the army of snotty staff and ‘managers’ to the naked avarice of ever-changing late fees (for which they were pummeled in court) no ‘industry leader’ ever did more to alienate its customers and justify its ignominious end.
Sears is an enigma, and I agree with their “fuddy-duddiness.” I was very enthused by their partnership with Land’s End a few years ago, but locally, it’s been difficult to get a large variety. I was in a local Sear’s just the other day, and 90% of the LE items they had were for women. Mostly just coats for men, and some assorted short-sleeved polos.