"Central Knowledge Desk" Not a good start. What a dumb, unmemorable name.
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Ray Champagne <[email protected]> wrote: > I read this morning that they are trying to do that - they are calling the > "Connnected Bar" or something like that. It's going to be hard to get the > same environment that Apple has created. Also, like the article I read > mentioned, Apple can afford to have people hanging out at the genius bar, > eventually they know they will sell them an upgrade or a new accessory, or > iPod, or whatever. > > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Yeah I saw this as I was getting ready this morning. Interesting to me >> because just last night I was watching a CNBC special called "The Big Box >> Fights Back" that was all about Best Buy's origin and how it's survived as >> companies like Circuit City failed. When I originally tuned in, another >> show was actually on the schedule at that time. So I suspect this news >> was >> announced after the closing bell last night and CNBC shifted this on the >> schedule since it would get more viewers. >> >> At any rate, the show focused alot on how successful the Geek Squad part >> of >> the business is. I think having smaller stores is a good move. If they >> are >> getting beat out by online retailers, they need to improve their website >> and use the locations more like showrooms. Apple does this to great >> effect. If Best Buy could use the Geek Squad replicate Apple's "Genius >> Bar" >> for all electronics I think they'd have a real draw too. >> >> Shipping large items from a central warehouse with fewer at the store is >> not a bad idea either, and would allow one large facility to support more >> smaller stores. >> >> -Cameron >> >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > Best Buy Forced to Rethink Big BoxJ >> > >> > >> > Best Buy Co., BBY -6.95% which once out-muscled rivals with stores as >> big >> > as 58,000 square feet, is moving away from the "big box" business model >> > that it long used to crush competitors in consumer-electronics >> retailing. >> > >> > The electronics giant溶ow itself being out-manuevered by Internet rivals >> > with lower operating costsç¨lans several new tactics to improve weak >> sales. >> > >> > On Thursday it said it will close 50 big-box stores this year, and test >> > remodeled store formats in San Antonio and Minneapolis. It will also >> lay >> > off 400 workers as part of a plan to trim $800 million in costs and >> > restructure its ailing business. >> > ... >> > Many analysts said the move to rethink the purpose of Best Buy stores >> was >> > long overdue, noting that closing 50 out of 1,100 big stores amounts to >> a >> > reduction of just 4.5%. Many had labeled as inadequate Best Buy's >> previous >> > pledge to shrink its square footage by 10%. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577311322427071212.html?mod={%22WSJ_GoogleNews%22,%20%22igoogle_wsj_gadgv1%22}<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577311322427071212.html?mod=%7B%22WSJ_GoogleNews%22,%20%22igoogle_wsj_gadgv1%22%7D> >> > >> > >> > - >> > >> > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad >> reputation. >> > - Henry Kissinger >> > >> > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the >> tunnel, >> > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton >> > >> > >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349215 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
