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Post by Wrath Draven on Dec 30, 2010 11:16:26 GMT -5
Sears
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Dec 30, 2010 11:17:11 GMT -5
I have never understood why Little Chef teamed up with that knobhead Blumenthal. The kind of people who eat at Little Chefs are just there for a basic English breakfast or anything with chips. So why did they bring in a guy who is known for making things like fish flavoured ice-cream? Yes, he's successful but it doesn't really go together for me. I never saw that show... I'm assuming that he kept his exhibitionist tendencies in check, and just created quality dishes. Lancashire hotpot with an oyster and buttered roast potato soup. Ox cheeks. You be the judge.
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Post by VenomFang on Dec 30, 2010 11:21:41 GMT -5
My local Sears is never crowded. Its a good store because its probably the only place where I can get decent clothes AND electronics from the same store. Its not in a great location though, its located right next to a dead mall so that might be a reason why its not too crowded.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 30, 2010 12:06:23 GMT -5
as someone who works for Blockbuster Video... Blockbuster Video. I was in denial for a bit but now that I know I'm leaving, I'm pretty much over it. store level management is fine, but I have no faith at all in upper management.
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Dec 30, 2010 12:08:33 GMT -5
I have never understood why Little Chef teamed up with that knobhead Blumenthal. The kind of people who eat at Little Chefs are just there for a basic English breakfast or anything with chips. So why did they bring in a guy who is known for making things like fish flavoured ice-cream? Yes, he's successful but it doesn't really go together for me. I never saw that show... I'm assuming that he kept his exhibitionist tendencies in check, and just created quality dishes. He did. He tried to bring in a little variety, stuff like thai curries and whathaveyou on the menu, but what he largely aimed at doing was cooking better quality breakfasts and the like in a more efficient way. which with the back asswards kitchens and the staff constantly working against him and refusing to help was virtually impossible. Like I say though, opinions of Blumenthal aside if you're asking a guy to revamp your company, why on Earth would you refuse to give him any financial figures at all?
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Dec 30, 2010 12:28:26 GMT -5
I remember this place called Durango's, specifically my parents do since they swore off going there again because of a waitress smoking in a non-smoking section and not caring at all when my dad questioned her about it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2010 12:40:45 GMT -5
Dell computers. What a mess! Working in a computer store I have slowly learned this as well. However, I can't imagine them going out of business before HP does. I feel your pain. I used to work for Dell selling their computers. I knew they were junk then but when I saw how they operate I was amazed they could still be open.
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Post by Glitch on Dec 30, 2010 13:34:51 GMT -5
Kirby vacuums. I'm surprised they haven't been sued into oblivion.
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Post by Wrath Draven on Dec 30, 2010 13:38:59 GMT -5
And while not one company as much as independent stores, but im suprised porn shops are still open. When you think about it, anything you want you can get online nowadays and much less embarassing.
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Post by Glitch on Dec 30, 2010 14:17:02 GMT -5
And while not one company as much as independent stores, but im suprised porn shops are still open. When you think about it, anything you want you can get online nowadays and much less embarassing. Yeah, but it's much faster to get something at a store instead of waiting for it in the mail. Some guys just need there fleshlights at this moment!
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Post by MyndSkape: A Poor Man's Virgil on Dec 30, 2010 14:35:12 GMT -5
For those who said Sears and K-Mart, most people don't know, but Sears purchased K-Mart a while back to combine their powers no-one-gives-a-sh**. I still firmly believe Sears survives mostly on old people still paying off their credit card debt from the 1980's.
I remember when I was little I used to love Little Caesars, with their two Pizza Pizza deal. Then they all of a sudden started to close each and every one of them. Then I ran into a new one they were building about 5 years ago. Now the things are all over the place again, now doing their Hot-N-Ready deal. Where did they go for about 15 to 20 years?
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 30, 2010 14:40:49 GMT -5
Blockbuster. Seriously. Why does this place still exist? I know some of you on here work there, but, it's going away. Netflix is the future, for sure.
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Post by The Line on Dec 30, 2010 14:43:29 GMT -5
And while not one company as much as independent stores, but im suprised porn shops are still open. When you think about it, anything you want you can get online nowadays and much less embarassing. Yeah, but it's much faster to get something at a store instead of waiting for it in the mail. Some guys just need there fleshlights at this moment! much like Radioshack, XXX stores seem to survive off the elderly. My sis's friends work in a porn store, and they say at least 90% of the customer base is 55+ men whore are used to purchasing porn in a traditional brick and mortar store. Plus, at least in my area, most of the porn stores have ventured into other industries("tobacco" accessories, namely). I can see a lot of them going out of business in our lifetime.
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Post by default on Dec 30, 2010 14:48:10 GMT -5
A lot of Radio Shack's, at least around here in PA, have regeared themselves to more or less a cell phone store. That's part of the reason my friend who worked there ended up leaving. Also, back in the 80's and even into the 90's some they were THE place to go for good electronics. If you wanted a CB, VCR, stereo components or whatever that were going to last they were the place to go to. My grandfather was a chief electrician and my dad career has been a lot of mainantance/repair jobs and both of them used to swear up and down by the stuff they sold. If something did go bad, it was likely a $5 or less repair like a new fuse or resoldering. But with Best Buy (and even Circuit City when they were around) as well as Wal-Mart and K-Mart getting better brand stuff in... Radio Shack's definitely taken a huge hit.
I'm surprised Sears and K-Mart are still operating at the levels they are, tbh. I hate Sears. Every store I've been in has been filled with a-hole employees, retarded return policies, pressure to upsaling, and fairly lousy prices especially now that Lowe's and Home Depot are around. Granted, they have the Craftsman brand... but DeWalt is better in most instances. And like Radio Shack, they'll likely be around for a while longer as the older generations will continue shopping there.
K-Mart I love, but their stores are always pretty barren and most people I do see there are doing what I am... almost solely browsing clearance. I do love their video game marketing now and I think it will help them out.
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Post by who throws a shoe?! on Dec 30, 2010 14:50:36 GMT -5
Netto. I know it has a reputation for being cheap, but seriously, I don't think most of the people who think this have ever stepped foot in one. The branded products are more expensive than in 'regular' supermarkets and you can never be sure that they're going to have the same items in each week. Basically, it's crap.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 30, 2010 15:05:25 GMT -5
I remember a few months ago, I think I read it on this board actually, there was some kinda controversy over a promotion the WWE was doing with Blimpies. That shocked the hell out of me because I haven't seen a Blimpies since I was in college nearly 10 years ago. I thought it went out of business and Subway's had pretty much replaced it. Also growing up the three big fast food places were McDonalds, Burger King and, where I lived anyways, Roy Rogers. When I was around 10 the Roy Rogers near me closed up (replaced by Wendy's), and all the other Roy Rogers I knew about in the area closed up as well. I figured the whole company went out of business. Then about 2 years ago when I was driving up the NYS Thruway I discovered a bunch of them at various rest stops. I had to stop and order a roast beef sandwich to help relive a forgotten moment of my childhood. Sadly they didn't have the spicy chicken nuggets I remembered. They just closed the last Roy Rogers on Long Island... I'm angry... -_- Now the closest one is right across the street from Madison Square Garden / Penn Station... this makes me far angrier then it should -_- As for the topic at hand, hmm the Blockbuster, Radio Shack, Sears, and Toys R' Us that are near me all seem to be doing good business... though The blockbuster and Radio shack is in an area filled with the elderly as well as right next to a supermarket... so it's not terribly surprising... The Toys R' Us is across the street from the Mall... and the Sears is rather close as well... also I would think Sears is going to stay in business because of all of it's exclusive tool manufacturers. My submission CompUSA which is still a ghostly presence thanks to the internet, as is Tower Records. Also not a store but there is a mall called "the source" it was basically built for Fortunoffs... and now that it's out of business the mall has no main draw... I was in there a couple days before Christmas to look around there was barely anyone there, and an entire hallway is void of stores... I'm surprised that anything there is still in business.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2010 15:27:21 GMT -5
Radio Shack was the first place that I thought of as well.
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Post by Klutch on Dec 30, 2010 16:49:37 GMT -5
Big Lots. But that's only because I used to be a manager at one. There were nights when I would close and the total daily sales would only be around $2,000. Thats horrible (IMO) for a store to be open all day long and only bring in $2,000 in a day, and sometimes it would be even less than that. Also the supposed "sale" items, they would get between 4 to 6 of these "hot ticket" items, such as camcorders, cameras, televisions, or MP3 players, and they would sell out in 15 minutes of open on the first day they would go on sale. Place is a damn joke.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Dec 30, 2010 17:01:38 GMT -5
Radio Shack has the advantage in urban environments such as Chicago - they need smaller real estate than big box stores.
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Post by Dr. Mantis Toboggan on Dec 30, 2010 17:09:04 GMT -5
I remember when I was little I used to love Little Caesars, with their two Pizza Pizza deal. Then they all of a sudden started to close each and every one of them. Then I ran into a new one they were building about 5 years ago. Now the things are all over the place again, now doing their Hot-N-Ready deal. Where did they go for about 15 to 20 years? I thought they were only surviving in K-Marts until just recently I found out there's one somewhere in Providence. There used to be one that was like a 5 minute walk from my house and I loved it until it closed like a year after we moved here and it turned into a Papa Johns, which I absolutely hate. But anyway, I was at a friend's house and there were a couple Little Caesars' boxes on the counter that his roommate apparently got delivered and I got to have some and I fell in love again.
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