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Twelve Major Brands That Will Disappear
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Posted on 04/19/2009 11:24:30 PM PDT by FromLori
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posted on
04/19/2009 11:24:31 PM PDT
by
FromLori
To: FromLori
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posted on
04/19/2009 11:28:13 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(TYRANNY SENTINEL. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: FromLori
Wow. It’s like the whole world is coming to an end.
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posted on
04/19/2009 11:39:43 PM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
(Obama's not the anti-Christ, but is making the way for him as John the Baptist did for Jesus.)
To: FromLori
Border’s and Architectural Digest :-(
I read on another site that Macy’s, Dillard’s, Ann Taylor, Office Depot and Home Depot are in jeopardy.
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posted on
04/19/2009 11:40:29 PM PDT
by
Canticle_of_Deborah
(The government turns every contingency into an excuse for enhancing power in itself. - John Adams)
To: Canticle_of_Deborah
Holy cow even home depot??
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posted on
04/19/2009 11:41:17 PM PDT
by
FromLori
(FromLori)
To: FromLori
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posted on
04/19/2009 11:42:06 PM PDT
by
Canticle_of_Deborah
(The government turns every contingency into an excuse for enhancing power in itself. - John Adams)
To: FromLori
I hope Crocs stays. Great cheap indestructible shoes that never smell. if you don’t like them for adults, they are still wonderful for children. Even the world over, they could provide cheap indestructible footwear for poor children.
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posted on
04/19/2009 11:44:56 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: FromLori
Borders! Yikes! This is hitting home. I was just there tonight, but you know, you can see how the internet spoils you. You look at their DVD database for, oh, say DJANGO, and you see order ... order ... order. Why go to the store?
Thinking of "brand death" always reminds me of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, which featured the Bell System, Pan Am, Howard Johnson's ... not to mention nixie lamps!
In the night, and overhead a shovel of stars for keeps, the people
march:
"Where to? what next?"
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posted on
04/19/2009 11:46:04 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: Canticle_of_Deborah
Reason: Their former CEO (now over at Chrysler) and Lowes. Between the two, HD is screwed.
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posted on
04/19/2009 11:54:52 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: dr_lew
“I was just there tonight, but you know, you can see how the internet spoils you.”
You can say that again. I went to B&N with my iPhone and used the Amazon mobile app to compare book prices. On four books I saved over $70 by going with Amazon over the B&N. I asked the manager to match the price. He said “nope” and I walked out $70 better off.
To: Canticle_of_Deborah
Yes. It is crazy. Since I buy most of all my clothes at Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, and J Crew, I am going to look like a vagabond in a year or so—LOL. Heck maybe I'll have to relearn to sew clothing. I always enjoyed Architectural Digest but purchased it intermittently. Looks as though I am not the only one.
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posted on
04/20/2009 12:02:13 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: Canticle_of_Deborah
Home Depot? Estes Express will be hit hard if HD goes down.
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posted on
04/20/2009 12:06:01 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
("Mr. President, I support you but not your mission. I'm showing my patriotism through dissent.")
To: BlessedBeGod
Its like the whole world is coming to an end. i'm sad about Banana Republic... :-(
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posted on
04/20/2009 12:11:26 AM PDT
by
latina4dubya
( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
To: FromLori
I predict that within three years only one U.S.-flag international air carrier will exist. It will be owned by a consortium of the current airlines and the federal government, with Uncle Sam as majority shareholder. It will be our “national airline”, similar to Aeroflot, and will operate with heavy taxpayer subsidies.
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posted on
04/20/2009 12:12:06 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: dr_lew
Borders! Yikes! This is hitting home. I was just there tonight, but you know, you can see how the internet spoils you. You look at their DVD database for, oh, say DJANGO, and you see order ... order ... order. Why go to the store?As hard as it is to stomach the condescension of bookstore employees who are almost exclusively liberal, I enjoy browsing in bookstores. Stacey's, a large, beautiful independent bookstore in downtown San Francisco that I used to frequent on my lunch breaks, suddenly disappeared after 85 years. It was heartbreaking riding by on a bus for the first time in weeks and seeing the banners screaming that fixtures were for sale.
Borders is all there is left in San Francisco with easy parking (Barnes & Noble is at Fisherman's Wharf).
It still ticks me off the way libs demonize Wal-Mart, saying that it kills downtown businesses. There may be a kernel of truth in that, but Amazon.com is slowly murdering the entire retail book industry. Forget mom-and-pop stores, whole chains are going south. Any anti-corporate union-thug types boycotting it? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
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posted on
04/20/2009 12:19:58 AM PDT
by
L.N. Smithee
(LNSmitheeBlog.blogspot.com twitter.com/LNSmithee YouTube.com/LNSmithee)
To: Yaelle
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posted on
04/20/2009 12:31:39 AM PDT
by
L.N. Smithee
(LNSmitheeBlog.blogspot.com twitter.com/LNSmithee YouTube.com/LNSmithee)
To: L.N. Smithee
I will miss Borders and their classical and jazz cd selections, I built my collections on their stuff. They are the only ones that sold SACD's that I could find. I also liked their history and math/physics book sections, you could find lots of stuff you didn't know existed.
So what is the Amazon model, do they sell direct or are they a collection of small retailers doing business from who knows where like Ebay? I never bought from Ebay because I was always afraid to give my CC# to a place like that and also wasn't sure if I would get the real thing or some knockoff. Also don't relish waiting for something I bought and paid for to come in the mail.
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posted on
04/20/2009 12:49:45 AM PDT
by
this_ol_patriot
(I saw manbearpig and all I got was this lousy tagline.)
To: latina4dubya
Its like the whole world is coming to an end.
i’m sad about Banana Republic
Oh it will survive but
the new CEO will be Barak Obama!
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posted on
04/20/2009 12:53:25 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: this_ol_patriot
I have bought from eBay a couple of dozen times over the years and have had absolutely zero problems that weren't resolved with a week. The only trouble was when an electronic item I won with a bid less than two dollars had a $80 shipping charge FOB from Hong Kong. I fought that and the seller backed down. No probs since then.
I wouldn't worry about eBay if I were you. It ain't Craigslist, with pervs, scammers, and killers just a click away.
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posted on
04/20/2009 12:58:59 AM PDT
by
L.N. Smithee
(LNSmitheeBlog.blogspot.com twitter.com/LNSmithee YouTube.com/LNSmithee)
To: dr_lew
Borders! Yikes! This is hitting home. I was just there tonight, but you know, you can see how the internet spoils you. /tinfoil hat on/......Just the governments way of controlling everything you do....only businesses that will be around will be internet based so all your goods will be controlled....what you can have and how much you can have will be controlled by people who know better than you.... /tinfoil hat off/
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