Inkfeather

Circuit City's Liquidation: Schoonover Could Have Saved It but Didn't

People are going to lose their jobs but in reality it did not have much to do with the change in personnel.

If you went to Circuit City before the change in personnel you were greeted by arrogant employees who gave of the feeling that you were disturbing their conversation with co-workers.

Few of the employees were as knowledgeable as a consumer who had done research on an item on line.

After June all that changed is that management paid less to new employees who also spend lots of time talking with their co workers and who also were not as knowledgeable as the educated consumer.

Of course there were exceptions ... a comment as general as the above is not fair to every employee ... but in the case of Circuit City they forgot the first rule of business - the only differences between you and your competitors are price and the quality of customer service.

RIP Circuit City.

Office Depot: Another Retail Sector Tragedy?

Even before the bad turn of the economy, the Office Depot store in my neighborhood always had parking in front of the door - never had a line - and sales assistants were abundant but scarce when it came to offering service.
It is no wonder that they are in the position they are in -- and BSD --- I have dealt with them -- even when they were selling me at 2.00 over their cost they could not get things right - nope - sticking with Staples ....

A Closer Look At Unemployment

Thanks for bringing this to light .... the figures offered by the Feds forget who groups of people who have given up on the job market and when they are no longer in the system the Feds act like they do not exist.