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Originally Posted by mcooke66
The Best Buys where I live do not open on Sundays until 11:00. I am pretty sure it is not for religious reasons.
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You live in one of those nice atheist communes that we have so many of in America, huh?
I kid, but definitely the "not on Sundays" originally came from churchiness. Keeping it alive now out of tradition and never questioning if it's really saving or losing you money isn't the answer.
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Originally Posted by mcooke66
And yes I hate that because I do not sleep in but most everyone I know is not running errands on Sunday before 10 or 11 regardless of the reason, church or slumber. I think it was purely a business decision, and has not seemed to hurt Best Buys sales so probably played no role in their demise.
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Best Buy isn't exactly raking in the cash these days, either, as far as I know.
And, again, it's really not down to "oh, we're not losing THAT much money with the Sunday thing". The issue is: Are you losing ANY money? If the answer is "yes", then you need to do something about that like, say, have a skeleton crew in on Sunday mornings. Think! Innovate! That's the only way a chain stays alive. This isn't rocket science, it's just not being a lazy, inertia-driven dinosaur.
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Originally Posted by mcooke66
Borders failed for so many reasons its hard to believe they could consistently loose money for 5 years and not address the problems. B&N has made great strides to remain relevant and so far it "appears" to be working, I wonder if the closing of Borders will give them the breathing room to complete the transformation.
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Agreed, there were a lot of stupid business decisions here.
