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Wow, the current B&N CEO's resume reads like a hit list of terrible projects: Sears, Brookstone, Best Buy, Toys R Us. I'd be really curious to know the decision
by frisco 11y ago
Wow, the current B&N CEO's resume reads like a hit list of terrible projects: Sears, Brookstone, Best Buy, Toys R Us. I'd be really curious to know the decision making that goes into hiring someone like that to run B&N. It's sad, because I really like B&N, and feel like there is a strategy to make it relevant in the changed reality - but a generic leader from "retail" with experience mostly in companies that have specifically failed to adapt is not going to get there.
- mcguire 11y agoMy feeling is that that may have more to do with B&N's recent problems than any specific strategy.
- astine 11y agoIt's likely that they believe that even experience running a business into the ground is better than no experience at that level at all. It's possible that they don't even blame him for the failures and just chuck it up to the market.