Compusa to close 50% of its stores nationwide

[Deja Q]

http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/02/26/daily31.html

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[bullimiami]

1. no wonder. i went to compusa recently and it was a mess.

disorganised, poor inventory, poorly staffed.

[Deja Q]

2. The ones I go to were halfway decent... carried better stuff than Worst Buy or Shircut Sh..y too...

(names changed to 'protect' the know-nothings...)

And all 4 in MN are to close. x(

I'll wait for the closeout sale and stock up on ink cartridges... it's a high end printer too; they're the only store that sells them... and yet C-Usa is claiming Worst Buy's small business solutions are eating them out. (How about real small businesses? Still, with Worst Buy's record, it's a good time for real small businesses to make a comeback...)

[bullimiami]

4. our cc's and bb's are bustling. the compusa is ragged.

[Kutjara]

3. Same here. My local one...

...is starting to look very tired. Several big sections are empty of merchandise and the whole place is dirty and disorganized. I asked one employee if they were about to have a refit or something. He just looked at me with glazed eyes, said "nah" and shuffled off into the stockroom. I guess morale has taken a hit too.

[Greyhound]

5. I worked for these unconscionable assholes for three long years in the 90's.

I worked for the corporation, not a retail store, and the way the executives ran it should have been criminal. Unfortunately it was a Texas corporation and criminality is institutional there. Every day they did their level best to bleed it dry, lining their own pockets at unimaginable levels.

I left shortly before their first bankruptcy and nothing would surprise me, except if the executives actually had to pay for their crimes.