10 Brands That May Disappear in 2011

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Since it seems several people were stunned by this post, let me clarify. The woman was in middle management with blockbuster. She went on and on about the company for about 15 minutes about how strong the company was. I do not find humor in her misfortune, just in her complete lack of understanding of her companies financial situation, especially since this was not a teenager working the desk at a store.

Maybe she knows something you don't and has faith in her company. Maybe she feels BB can compete over RedBox and NetFlix, maybe BB has a new business model they are rolling out and she's excited for it. Maybe shes a single mother of two who will lose her house if she gets laid off and is in denial of BB's losses. You never know.

P.S. I read your post just fine.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Maybe she knows something you don't and has faith in her company. Maybe she feels BB can compete over RedBox and NetFlix, maybe BB has a new business model they are rolling out and she's excited for it. Maybe shes a single mother of two who will lose her house if she gets laid off and is in denial of BB's losses. You never know.

P.S. I read your post just fine.

LOL @ the bold

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Maybe she knows something you don't and has faith in her company. Maybe she feels BB can compete over RedBox and NetFlix, maybe BB has a new business model they are rolling out and she's excited for it. Maybe shes a single mother of two who will lose her house if she gets laid off and is in denial of BB's losses. You never know.

P.S. I read your post just fine.

Nah....I get your point, but she actually discussed why she thought it was a solid company and pretty extensively about her personal life during this conversation. The woman pretty much dominated the conversation. If she thought the company had a new business model, the only thing she mentioned is that you can rent the game systems at their stores and buy snack food. Maybe she was trying to convince herself and her friends that Blockbuster is a strong company, but honestly, if I worked for a company that was in trouble, I probably wouldn't monopolize a conversation talking about how wonderful it was.

P.S. You read INTO my post what you wanted just fine.

[NinjaPoodle]

Merrill Lynch? wow.

[southbymidwest]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Merrill Lynch? wow.

Since they were bought by Bank of America, supposedly they will become Bank of America Wealth Management Group or something like that. They are not going out of business, just getting a name change and a corporate makeover.

[calilicious]

Where do you get pedis that a blockbuster employee also does? I hope you have found a better place and not one of those Asian owned nail salons!

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by calilicious

Where do you get pedis that a blockbuster employee also does? I hope you have found a better place and not one of those Asian owned nail salons!

What's the matter, Earp? Scared to post under your own name?

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by calilicious

Where do you get pedis that a blockbuster employee also does? I hope you have found a better place and not one of those Asian owned nail salons!

May fungus find its way under your nails.

Originally Posted by Drolefille

What's the matter, Earp? Scared to post under your own name?

Ohhhhh this is Earp? I was wondering why all the posts were so hostile and foolish.

[epchick]

T-Mobile? Whaaaat? No wonder I had to pay to get a replacement phone. Sheesh. lol.

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by epchick

T-Mobile? Whaaaat? No wonder I had to pay to get a replacement phone. Sheesh. lol.

Seriously!!! lol

I knew T-Mobile was number 4, but I didn't think it mattered that much. I also thought that their presence was growing, not dwindling.

But I guess it'd be cool if T-Mo stayed alive and absorbed Virgin, though... didn't really know VM still existed until I saw them branded all over Lady Gaga's Telephone music video.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

May fungus find its way under your nails.



Ohhhhh this is Earp? I was wondering why all the posts were so hostile and foolish.

I am assuming, but I believe it to be true and since it's a perp, might as well.

He makes his forum look REALLY good, doesn't he.

[full*hearts]

Unfortunately Netflix and RedBox have almost massacred Blockbuster. The same will happen eventually for other things as well, especially since the Internet is killing everything, TV/Music.

[Brandon.]

To my surprise there's a whole shit load of companies listed that I actually thought were doing well.

[agzg]

Companies are also able to pull the wool over their employee's eyes, in terms of the stability of the company. I've heard a lot of "I was completely blindsided when they laid off half the company (or more), but in retrospect, it should have been clear to me" type of stories.

I've found this to be particularly true in the home office of corporations.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by agzg

Companies are also able to pull the wool over their employee's eyes, in terms of the stability of the company. I've heard a lot of "I was completely blindsided when they laid off half the company (or more), but in retrospect, it should have been clear to me" type of stories.

I've found this to be particularly true in the home office of corporations.

While true, BB has pretty well documented problems both at the in the store policy level and at the corporate making profits level. The stuff's in the paper and online.

I think this list is exaggerated though, I don't think BPs going anywhere and I'd be surprised if T-Mobile bows out. (And obviously BB made it another year). I think "The Shack" will be out soon as well unless they manage to actually rebrand themselves and be useful.