Yes, these are lean times but BB needs to do something to manage the perceived short fall that they have right now for Q4. They cannot just stick to their current strategy, something has to give that will drive traffic whilst also buiding same store sales. They must do an intense analysis of inventory, use this overage as door-busters, match their competitors as best as they can with normal sale items and then sell the extra services to increase their margins. Whatever they choices, one of them is to not stay status quo because that will be the kiss of death for Q4. And the way things look,unemployment is at 6.5% by years end it may be 6.75% or higher and is estimated to tip 10% this time next year-and this was a conservative estimate....
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