Blog Tag: Borders

• Will You Be Lunch?

  Published on: Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 Author: richhorwath

  Business strategy is defined as the intelligent allocation of limited resources through a unique system of activities to outperform the competition in serving customers. Nestled in the middle of the definition, this idea of differentiation is perhaps the most overlooked… read more

• Those headwinds, they are a blow’in

  Published on: Friday, July 29th, 2011 Author: richhorwath

  Good people of the business world, take cover! No, it’s not a tsunami, or hurricane or even a tropical storm. It’s the new scapegoat: headwinds. In a Wall Street Journal article entitled, “Sprint Loses More Customers,” Sprint Nextel CFO Joseph… read more

• Border’s Failure to Read Between the Lines

  Published on: Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 Author: richhorwath

  As Borders began shuttering their roughly 400 remaining stores, company president Mike Edwards said, “We are saddened by this development. We were all working hard towards a different outcome, but the headwinds we have been facing for quite some time…have… read more

• Book Smart…or Not So Smart

  Published on: Friday, February 25th, 2011 Author: richhorwath

  Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week (“Borders Begins a New Chapter…11“). The reasons ranged from price battles with internet retailers like Amazon.com to carrying too much debt. But the real problem was a lack of strategy. Like… read more