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I blame the idiotbox that's been dumbing down the masses for decades. Easier to just push on and sit back and let the TV do all the thinking and imagining for you
Sure the numerous execs they went through made mistakes and are accountable.
But no easy money, no wild expansion.
No drug dealer, no addict.
Again nobody told them they had to take the money.
Easy money doesn't rationalize bad decision making.
And they could have just as easily took the money and build up their web presence instead of their brick and mortar operations.
Borders tried to compete with Barnes and Noble, and failed. Then they tried to make their stores into super-sized Starbucks and they failed. They tried to compete with other on-line retailers and they had nothing compelling to separate them from the competition.
In essence Border's become a business with no compelling reason to exist. There was nothing that they offered that their competitors didn't have.
Businesses are constantly getting outsmarted and outflanked by new competitors. Blockbuster ruled video and DVD sales and Netflix drove them into extinction.
Again nobody told them they had to take the money.
Easy money doesn't rationalize bad decision making.
And they could have just as easily took the money and build up their web presence instead of their brick and mortar operations.
Borders tried to compete with Barnes and Noble, and failed. Then they tried to make their stores into super-sized Starbucks and they failed. They tried to compete with other on-line retailers and they had nothing compelling to separate them from the competition.
In essence Border's become a business with no compelling reason to exist. There was nothing that they offered that their competitors didn't have.
Businesses are constantly getting outsmarted and outflanked by new competitors. Blockbuster ruled video and DVD sales and Netflix drove them into extinction.
Pretty soon the only country you'd be able to find traditional brick-and-mortar stores would be the UK. Well...HMV stores are closing left and right and HMV.co.uk is picking up but, yeah
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