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Re: Bad news for TRU
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Mon, 28 Jan 2002 22:33:02 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Julie Krenz writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> > Hi, everyone:
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> > TRU is apparently $91m in the red this year, and is planning to
> > close 64 stores and eliminate almost 2,000 jobs.
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> > http://money.cnn.com/2002/01/28/companies/toys/
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> > Ugh. Well, maybe if they'd hold better clearances...;)
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> > best
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> > LFB
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> The first sentence says they are closing 64 stores, last sentence says they are
> opening 100 new stores!??
Quite right. I just heard on TV about this: they said all about closing
stores and firing staff, and in the end they added "TrU management in
Portugal stated they intend to open two new stores in 2002, adding to the
existing 6".
> Yes, better clearances are a must, no matter what, where or when :)
<Sigh!>
I'd settle for *availability* in stores... if only I could get my hands in a
6472... ;-)
Pedro
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| (...) The first sentence says they are closing 64 stores, last sentence says they are opening 100 new stores!?? Yes, better clearances are a must, no matter what, where or when :) Julie (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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