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On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What would have been a better choice for them is a merger with another > player out there. Kind of feels like they gave up the ghost too soon. > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/110381/clearance-sale-barnes-noble-didnt-evolve-enough?mod=career-leadership >> >> How did Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS - News) fall so far so fast? >> >> The giant bookstore chain, whose superstores once struck fear into the >> hearts of independent booksellers everywhere, put itself up for sale this >> month, rendering it the corporate equivalent of the remaindered books it >> sells at a discount. >> >> The company said it made the move because its shares are undervalued, but >> to me there was an air of desperation about it. >> >> The simple explanation for Barnes & Noble's decline is the Internet, which >> spawned Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN - News), e-readers and digital books. But >> that didn't have to be the end for B&N, which had a dominant market position >> and should have out-Amazoned Amazon, leveraging its brand and innovating >> when it began marketing and selling books online. >> >> I know exactly when B&N lost me as a customer. Some years ago, to compete >> with Amazon, B&N began offering free same-day delivery in Manhattan if you >> placed your order over the Internet by 11 a.m. I did so several times -- and >> not once did the books arrive when promised. Everything I have ordered from >> Amazon has arrived on time or earlier. Then came Amazon's game-changing >> Kindle, and instant delivery. Nothing I've read about B&N's belated rival >> Nook has tempted me to try it. >> >> My hunch is that B&N never really embraced the Internet or e-books, tied >> as it was to the old-fashioned world of physical books and stores. As B&N >> focused on managing decline, a much more nimble Amazon could concentrate >> exclusively on the new world it was forming. B&N needed to destroy its >> business model to prevail. Now it is probably too late. There is a lesson >> for all businesses here. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! >> Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > >
