--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "uns_tressor" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Lawson wrote: > > > > > the storefront centers are meant to be revenue generators > > > > > > > > From what I've seen of the world of business, > > > > "revenue generators" are high-margin or high- > > > > volume items such as food service contracts in > > > > Iraq or convenience store staples such as soft > > > > drinks, beer, pornography and cigarettes. Spa > > > > services, which is what these centers are selling, > > > > are not among those things I'd call revenue generators. > > > > > > > > > > And yet, I've seen USA Today articles about mall-based spas and > > > massage parlors and so on... > > > > > > > I suspect that spas require exotic locations to work, > > > > so that the spa becomes a vacation. > > > > > > A day spa? I've seen tanning salons combined with party costume > > > shops, so exotic takes on its own meaning, depending... > > > > > > I was involved > > > > in the marketing of an alternative and complementary > > > > health care facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, > > > > that the manager envisioned to be a spa, but it was a > > > > huge disappointment. It was beautiful place with a host > > > > of great services offered under the imprimature of a > > > > respected hospital, yet sales fell far short of projections. > > > > > > > > > > For the TMO, breaking even should be enough... > > > > Breaking wind, probably. Breaking even, very doubtful. > > These ideas are high risk and need proper management, > > an ingredient that the movement has always lacked. > > The Rajahs are either competent enough or well-connected enough to > have $3 million donated in their name. They're the ones who are > supposed to be managing this stuff. We will see...
"Competent" and "well connected" are different things. It takes very specific skills and experience. A lot of scope for an expensive nose bleed. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
