Crocodilian

The Top 12 Brands Likely to Disappear

A great article. When you think about it, the sooner the cull occurs, the better. Absent Borders, Barnes & Noble may make a little money --- notice that Best Buy has done OK since Circuit City gave up the ghost. Similarly, UAL desperately needs to end its sorry life, and auction off the gates, a capacity shrink in airlines is long overdue, and will lead to more pricing power for the remaining carriers.

Its the same story with Palm, Eddie Bauer, Chrysler & Saturn-- they all represent excess capacity which, once taken out of the system, will allow the survivors to operate more profitably.