normdiaz
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Post by normdiaz on Mar 15, 2015 17:43:41 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2015 17:49:11 GMT -8
They even have a selection of Seiko ugly watches aimed directly at the department store crowd  |
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Adrian-VTA
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Post by Adrian-VTA on Mar 15, 2015 19:35:13 GMT -8
We don't have that chain here but a sure sign of a chain that is having cash flow issues is filling the store with non target market crap like this.
Expect a chapter 11 announcement any day!
I remember one of my major competitors in computing started stocking rain water tanks...wtf? Literally half the store was vacated as well as part of the car park to stock these tanks. Really bizarre. Before long they went from something like 25 stores to 2.
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Post by HiBeat on Mar 16, 2015 4:22:34 GMT -8
Let's all get even and start posting sheets and towels in the non-Japanese For Sale section !!!!  |
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cobrajet25
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Post by cobrajet25 on Mar 16, 2015 4:49:41 GMT -8
I guess that's what they mean by..."Beyond"?
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Post by cd_god on Mar 16, 2015 15:20:26 GMT -8
I think like a lot of retailers they are "renting out space" on their website and are just playing middle man for other vendors. Years ago when Sears started on their downhill slide if you searched for something on their website thinking you would be buying it from them or could pick up in the store you were lucky to find 1 out of the 20 items that came up actually being sold by them. Same thing with Best Buy. If you were looking for some toner or CD-R's or whatever and you searched their website you would come up with all kinds of 3rd party sellers hocking there wares on there. Just try searching for "DVD" on the Bed Bath site www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/s/dvd?ta=typeahead |
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Post by Adrian-VTA on Mar 16, 2015 16:37:47 GMT -8
That's a sure way to erode your brand value to nothing really quickly. Bad move corporate. I think like a lot of retailers they are "renting out space" on their website and are just playing middle man for other vendors. Years ago when Sears started on their downhill slide if you searched for something on their website thinking you would be buying it from them or could pick up in the store you were lucky to find 1 out of the 20 items that came up actually being sold by them. Same thing with Best Buy. If you were looking for some toner or CD-R's or whatever and you searched their website you would come up with all kinds of 3rd party sellers hocking there wares on there. Just try searching for "DVD" on the Bed Bath site www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/s/dvd?ta=typeahead |
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