Tell Me Something About Linens -N- Things…

They’re considering bankruptcy, right?  So how did they fail while Bed Bath & Beyond has not?  I mean that with all sincerity.  I really want to learn something from this: What does BB&B do right that Linens -N-Things does not?  Because I think they are very similar.
LnT posted $2.79 billion in sales last year, but [...]

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What Next for Circuit City, Blockbuster, Linens -N- Things?

You’re not buying enough bedding, kitchen utensils, or other household knickknacks, apparently, because Linens -N- Things is about to declare bankruptcy.  A restructuring firm has been hired already.  Go here to if you want to read a dull article full of lots of numbers and not enough straightforward talk about why this might be happening.
And Blockbuster [...]

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Finding Stores via 411

I’ll never ever ever dial 411 again thanks to 800-FREE-411, or 800-GOOG-411.  No one deserves to be charged a few bucks just to track down a phone number or address.  This isn’t about GOOG-411, just wanted to throw that plug in there.  This is about which retail stores people are looking for when they use [...]

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