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I was wondering how many David Lereah related threads I had posted over the last 2 years, so I checked the archives.
Result: more than I would have guessed.

http://patrick.net/wp/?p=75
http://patrick.net/wp/?p=264
http://patrick.net/wp/?p=303
http://patrick.net/wp/?p=354
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Most awesome graphic yet! :)

That'll be hard to top. Blanche (the douchebag) Evans was on her book signing tour so she was unavailable for the group photo. Suffice to say wherever TCDL winds up his primary function will be continued defense of the 6% commission and the "good fight" of battling disintermediation.

Absolutely amazing. What a day this has been. This couldn't have happened any better even if we had choreographed it.

I love this threads graphic and Muggy that is a great piece!

Good one Muggy. Some of those deals used to seem fishy.

Ha Ha,

Those numbers are in line with my observations. We were at the Home Despot last Saturday getting some planting-related stuff, and the place was empty. No lines, maybe 1 customer per aisle at the most. Eerie.

Ug, these stupid brand extensions always seem to come back to bite you in the end. They cost so much for just a little increase in market share. I'll never figure out why companies keep trying to be everything to everyone instead of focusing on their core competency.

Randy, I just know you've got a take on this.

I’ll never figure out why companies keep trying to be everything to everyone instead of focusing on their core competency.

The perfect example of this phenomenon is the Porsche Cayenne - what an abomination of a car! It's ugly, and it dilutes the Porsche name...All in the name of making money off the (now dwindling) SUV craze.

Perfect example.

HARM

You are the master at contextually artful graphics. My hats are off.

Malcolm

Skibum pretty much sums it up for me. And in about 15% as many words as I'd have used.

Here in San Marcos, we have a Home Depot, and 1/2 a mile away we have a White Cap which is another one of these silly spinoffs. All they are doing is cannibilizing their own base and doubling the overhead, real smart.

Across the street from Home Depot is a Lowes, so basically to use a military analogy they are trying to out flank them. The problem is they flank so far out that they weaken their whole core. They'd be better off if they would invest resources in efficiency since they can't differentiate a DIY warehouse. Lowes went with the high end experience. Polished floors, wide aisles, a cleaner experience. Home Depot has the self checkout which I love, but the service in the stores is God awful. Retail sucks, I don't know why it attracts so many ventures. You have so much crap to deal with with ever decreasing margins, and the disability lawyers just waiting to say your aisles aren't wide enough.

Krispey Kreme is another example. Their doughnuts suck in my opinion but the original glazed ones are great when they are hot. So they make it a pain in the ass to get the hot ones because they have to take the line down to make all the other ones. They'd be better off scaling back and producing a consistent lower volume, and doing something with the surplus rather than limiting the main product for the purpose of variety.

Who is the lady next to Casey and guy next to Greenspan in the photo above?