I got to say they had one of the best commercials in the last 10 years
I got to say they had one of the best commercials in the last 10 years
If you were in charge of keeping both those stores a float, what would you do so they don't go under?
I always purchase tires from Tirerack.com. ...Shipped right to my door, and I take them to Mr. Tire, and they use to charge $23 per rim to mount and balance, BUT I heard their priced went up to like $30 per tire.
...IF I need a tire ASAP I just go to Mr. Tire...Mount and balance is free, and the tire price is "close" to what it would be if I ordered from tirerack then paid what they would charge me to put the tire on.
I will check out Costco before I go to Tirerack for my Traverse though. Before I purchased Z rated tires for a Cobalt SS...Costco isn't really the place for sport tires, BUT for SUV Tires, the prices may be the best from them. I have about 40% tread left after 2 years 3 months...I figure I can probably make it until the end of March before I really need to replace the tires (We go on vacation to Myrtle Beach in April for Spring Break...Will get new tires before then). I don't like getting the tires down to being "bald" ...I know plenty of people who will do that before buying new tires though.
I wish the community would step up to the plate for all homeless people and families...Baltimore has a real homeless problem...I see it every day in the whole area...It appears to be the worst it has ever been, and it is unfortunate that a country as well off as ours has a homeless people issue.
Just in the paper today .. Sears sells its Craftsman brand to Stanley Black & Decker for $900M. Also mentioned they were looking at ways to leverage Diehard and Kenmore brands.
on line: Sears Buys Time With Craftsman Brand Sale, Store Closures
They sold the "brand", but get to sell the Craftsman tools royalty-free for 15 years.Give it up already!
If they're losing money how will this help?
If the DJ biz slows and you begin to lose money so you sell off your gear...yet keep working and keep losing money...so you sell more..why not see the handwriting on the wall and give it up now - you'll not lose all that money.
But then that's one of the big 'mysteries' of business - when to change, what to change. If you had a good year, do you sit put or do you change hoping for a better next year? And if you change, change what and how? And if that doesn't work, or worse, lowers business volume/income/net profit, now what? Change back?
About the only sure thing is if you don't change you'll be doing what you did 10, 15, 20 years ago - and the world has since changed.
But there are folks out there using 30 year old speakers and claiming they're better than what you can buy today...
They sold the "brand", but get to sell the Craftsman tools royalty-free for 15 years.
I like Craftsman wrenches, screwdrivers and socket sets and would still buy them .. even without a lifetime warranty. I prefer their slightly flat handles on the socket wrenches to the round ones on many others. I have one of their power tools (a battery powered oscillator) only because I got a good deal on it.I suspect a bunch of people may have moved away from Craftsman and on to tools that still offer guarantees at a similar price.
Despite the $900 million sale of the Craftsman brand, Sears actually also borrowed money from its CEO Lambert. Basically to me, it's a slow liquidation of assets to go straight to Lambert to pay off its debt to him. Sears has been done for a long time. This is a controlled bankruptcy, with the primary debtor being Lambert himself.