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Submitted by sharpsteve on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 07:22
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Twelve Major Brands That Will Disappear
http://247wallst.com/2009/04/15/twelve-major-brands-that-wil...
Posted: April 15, 2009 at 8:39 pm

As the recession deepens and stretches out quarter after quarter, more companies will close or will shut divisions. More brands will disappear because their parents firms fold or can no longer afford to support them. Other brands will be obliterated by mergers.

24/7 Wall St. examined 100 large brands that are facing troubled futures. The analysis included records for those brands that are public companies or part of public companies. We considered sales information, information from industry experts, and brand histories. We also looked at the level of competition in each brand’s market and the extent to which that competition is growing. We examined the likelihood that a brand could be sold or spun off in cases where parent companies are in financial trouble.

We have compiled a list of 12 brands that will we believe will not survive until the end of next year. Each brand and the major reasons for its demise are listed along with some of the public information 24/7 Wall St. examined.

1. Avis/Budget (CAR)
2. Borders (BGP)
3. Crocs (CROX)
4. Saturn was created by former GM (GM)
5. Esquire Magazine is published by Hearst
6. Gap (GAP) Old Navy and Banana Republic
7. Architectural Digest Magazine owned by Conde Nast which is controlled by the Newhouse family
8. The Chrysler brand of Chrysler LLC
9. Eddie Bauer (EBHI)
10. Palm (PALM)
11. AIG (AIG)
12. The travel industry, United Airlines (UAUA) is among the three weakest carriers in the US. AMR (AMR) and US Air (LCC) complete the list

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that sucks. I like Borders

Submitted by voterp on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 08:43.

that sucks. I like Borders they sponsored Dr. Paul's book signings.

1. Avis/Budget

Submitted by jeffwhite (not verified) on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 08:34.

1. Avis/Budget (CAR)
overpriced, overregulated. rental cars are for suckers.

2. Borders (BGP)
they sell overpriced pop culture books. anybody who calls himself a bookstore and doesn't sell college textbooks isn't a bookstore. i'm not paying 90 dollars for a 17" x 22" picture book about tomatoes, nor do i feel a need to drink $10 lattes and eat $20 cheesecake while shopping for books.

3. Crocs (CROX)
more overpriced junk

4. Saturn was created by former GM (GM)
why GM needs 500 different brands of the same car when the only difference is a trim package...

5. Esquire Magazine is published by Hearst
is there anything useful or redeemable about this magazine? i mean if i was gay i might like the sweaty black and white pictures of tom cruise in a $5000 suit, or the articles about colognes, but i'm a man!

6. Gap (GAP) Old Navy and Banana Republic
overpriced pop culture garbage for emo freaks. i get better deals on rummage sale looking clothing at rummage sales.

7. Architectural Digest Magazine owned by Conde Nast which is controlled by the Newhouse family
cemmon folks, who other than architects would read a magazine about architecture?

8. The Chrysler brand of Chrysler LLC
if they'd ever have figured out how to build a decent car at a reasonable price with a transmission that didn't fall out at 60,000 miles, maybe they'd have gone somewhere. unfortunately, the only thing they learned from their hellish marriage with mercedes was how to do the same job at three times the cost.

9. Eddie Bauer (EBHI)
same thing they sell at walmart, but at five times the price.

10. Palm (PALM)
three years behind nokia...

11. AIG (AIG)
insurance is not an industry. you can't call yourself an industry unless you make something i can see!

12. The travel industry, United Airlines (UAUA) is among the three weakest carriers in the US. AMR (AMR) and US Air (LCC) complete the list
airlines are a joke these days anyway, and who has money to go traveling?

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Good assessment of the situation

Submitted by sharpsteve on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 20:10.

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sounds about right

Submitted by MMJ Ministry on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 09:27.

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I don't know about this..

Submitted by OpenRevolt on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 09:14.

2) Most college textbooks are complete shit -- I didn't even buy half of them because the internet was better (or if I did then I returned them).

A lot of professors and schools have their own books just to make $$$$.

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interesting point: you can

Submitted by jeffwhite (not verified) on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 09:34.

interesting point: you can learn more when you've succumbed to the wikipedia effect than you can from a "peer reviewed" textbook.

one thing i'll take issue with, i really like my campbell (RIP) biology and my tipler/mosca physics books.

funny you mention how they use it to make money. that's a huge cash cow for many universities when they can gouge you for a $200 book full of information that's public domain. reminds me of those coffee table books full of tomatoes. on the other hand, most colleges and universities have huge amounts of bloat factored into the tuition.

America: 3/5 police state, excluding indians not taxed.
"Hopkins is #1 in medicine, Wharton is #1 in business, and Yale is #1 in law. The only thing that leaves Harvard is #1 in useless bureaucrats!"

wow- THAT was fluid

Submitted by Jinc on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 08:47.

if you can rap youve got a hit there lol

Good summation

Submitted by quiltingsando on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 08:40.

thanks.

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If AIG fails

Submitted by Sandra on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 08:21.

Then the cheaper auto insurance companies will be just weeks behind in closure. Do ya have car insurance laws in your state? If auto insurance doesn't exist, would states repeal the laws?

I'm sure the States would

Submitted by TxRedneck on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 08:33.

I'm sure the States would quickly move in and set up State Owned Auto Insurance, wouldn't want to leave you unprotected now would they....

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OMG

Submitted by sharpsteve on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 16:46.

Could you imagine what it would be like to file a claim if the state was running it?
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They charge 10 times more and cover 1/3 as much

Submitted by MikeLawson on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 16:55.

Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF). They FORCE people into it in many cases.

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AIG is actually

Submitted by BigT on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 08:29.

American International Group,the largest subsidiary of their parent compay, AIC(American International Company).

AIC is known to have been founded by members of the intelligence community, and possibly is still run by them. In fact, just recently, a head of AIG was proposed to be nominated to run the CIA. What would an insurance exec know about running the covert intelligence networks?

Now, look at AIC, and spell it backwards.

AIG/AIC won't fail. If it does, it will only be moved into something else, and have it "appear" to have failed..

It will fail...

Submitted by fireant on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 10:15.

...when WE cause the unconstitutional and corrupted "government" in DC to fail. Until then, the rats in office will be told to keep it afloat at all costs.
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Such info..

Submitted by Zeke_D on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 10:07.

requires sources. I wouldn't complain if I could substantiate a damn thing you said with Google and Wiki.

I can't, so cite some sources, please...

you got that right

Submitted by Anisha on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 08:59.

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Old Navy, Gap, Eddie Bauer

Submitted by pseudonym on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 07:52.

Their clothes are so ridiculously overpriced. But it's hard to imagine them failing.

I like the clothes,

Submitted by Ryderjag on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 16:56.

I like the clothes (gap/old navy), ecspecially when I get them at thrift stores.....usually 2 bucks for pants, and $1 for a shirt. My wife is the queen of these deals. Maybe they will be worth more if they go out of business.