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| Sam's Club cutting 11,200 jobs, sites lagging sales |
| 2010-01-25 |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 Hey, they had to put the lagging sales somewhere ... |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-01-25 22:51 |
| #11 Indeed it is 'cites.' My bad. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-25 22:36 |
| #10 Isn't it cites? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-01-25 22:13 |
| #9 a total disconnect by GC from any economic models, profit/costs/employment, any rational business thought. Ima thinkrn Academic or Gubbamint bureaucrat....say in planning? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-01-25 21:25 |
| #8 Peoples lives mean nothing to corporations, only their stock price. Hey Biggie - how's Rantburg's favorite "union thug" doing? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-01-25 21:22 |
| #7 Mr. Wife says Sam's Club is doing fine. Given that no one knows how long these troubled times will last, they're rationalizing the business. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-01-25 21:14 |
| #6 Versus NEWS KERALA > [Russ State-Owned Insur Broker]STUDY:HAPPY RUSSIANS HELPING TO BLOCK ECONOMIC GROWTH. The Russians are Happy, the Russians are Happy. Uh, Uh, D *** NG IT, IN 2010 THE RUSSIANS DEMAND DEMAND D-E-M-A-N-D DDDEEEEMMMAAANNNDDD, THEY TELLS YA, FOR RUSS TO BE IN FULL-BLOWN ECON RECESSION IFF NOT TOTE DEPRESSION??? Gut nuthin. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-01-25 21:01 |
| #5 Their competitor Costco seems to be doing OK. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-01-25 18:11 |
| #4 Right GC - Sams Club should have kept the people on and gone bankrupt and closed down - then the people would still be employ---.... oh wait.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-01-25 18:04 |
| #3 Yep, state owned and operated businesses don't worry about the bottom line. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-01-25 17:35 |
| #2 Peoples lives mean nothing to corporations, only their stock price. |
| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Threretle4826 2010-01-25 15:41 |
| #1 When my son was very young, he used to say, "Let's go to Sample City," meaning Sam's Club. Heh. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-01-25 13:22 |