 donoreoPremium
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Re: Futureshop/Bestbuy abruptly shut down a dozen stores said by ekster:Doesn't surprise me... I mean, what kind of a person thinks that it's a good business to own two different stores that offer the exact same thing for the exact same price and place them next to each other everywhere? Twice the space does not mean twice the profit.
A lot of them were located beside each other before BB bought FS. I did not think it made sense to keep both brands going.
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| said by donoreo:A lot of them were located beside each other before BB bought FS. I did not think it made sense to keep both brands going.
They've also built new ones beside each other, though. |
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| said by bt:said by donoreo:A lot of them were located beside each other before BB bought FS. I did not think it made sense to keep both brands going.
They've also built new ones beside each other, though. BB bought Futureshop just before their first stores opened up here. They never actually competed with one another.
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
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HarperLand | That's something I never figured out, why buy a chain, leave it in place,and open up your own stores for competition.
I read years ago where the CEO said wit FS having 20% of the market , that left 80% for BB to go after. |
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 dirtyjefferAnons on ignore, but not due to fear.Premium
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London, ON | said by elwoodblues:That's something I never figured out, why buy a chain, leave it in place,and open up your own stores for competition.
I read years ago where the CEO said wit FS having 20% of the market , that left 80% for BB to go after.
i agree...i never understood that either...dumb.
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said by elwoodblues:That's something I never figured out, why buy a chain, leave it in place,and open up your own stores for competition.
I read years ago where the CEO said wit FS having 20% of the market , that left 80% for BB to go after.
I believe at the time (going back to 2001 now) that FS was not in all centres and had a small presence out west I believe and being a perdominantely eastern based organization...
Its also I believe silly to have a FS and BB in a town with less than 200k people...I don't believe both are properly supported, now its tough for me to argue this, but have any "new" Future Shop stores opened in the last 5 years? (new being net new, not relocated stores).
Perhaps its just holding onto that brand? Also the fact that BB isn't on commission and FS reps are would be the only other thing I could tell what the difference is... |
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| said by nitzguy:Its also I believe silly to have a FS and BB in a town with less than 200k people...I don't believe both are properly supported, now its tough for me to argue this, but have any "new" Future Shop stores opened in the last 5 years? (new being net new, not relocated stores).
Yep. They opened a new FS in Ottawa a year or two ago. |
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yeah they have a new one in barrie it's forking huge and a new best buy opened in the same mall at the same time. The one they closed in barrie was redone inside but it's not near the size of the new one they still have. |
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