Mike Edwards provided us with a late Friday afternoon "OpenMike" post on Bookmark that I found essentially void of anything new. In terms of information that might generate some much needed optimism about our future it was a non-starter. Taken on the heels of the prior week's mass store layoffs I got a sense of "same old, same old" coming out of ( Read more... )

I have often questioned the strategies implemented under the Marshall regime.   I especially think the hard-lined "you must execute 100% or be executed" themes are just plain crap.   In the course of a week they make as many bone-headed moves in Ann Arbor as anyone in field or store management ( Read more... )

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Would you like to adopt our bunny here? Isn't it cute? If you don't have children we're accepting donations of the bunny for the Children's Cancer program at the medical center. It's only $5.99 when you buy three other items. I know, we've ( Read more... )

I have watched for months the various comments made by George Jones at quarterly press calls.  I accept that we're in a horrible retail economy.  I agree that the company has done much in the form of expense cuts.  In some instances the cuts in hours have lead me to wonder if the current cuts, plus more next year, are a sustainable business model ( Read more... )