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Old 01-24-2010, 08:06 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by GhostHawk View Post
All they care about is that some bean counter proposed rather than looking at stores on an individual basis, they could probably save some money buy just shutting down the entire chain.
Uh, what is a for-profit entity supposed to do -- lose money year after year? Convert to a non-profit organization? Solicit donations? That just isn't sustainable.

At this point, B&N almost certainly sees the writing on the wall. B&N is probably just hoping to survive the upcoming transitions, and they can't do that by throwing money at a money-losing subsidiary.
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