[mplpost] sam's demise R.I.P. (not R.A.P.)

[Ted & Monique Jablonski]

Yes,
Perhaps Sam was a poor businessman
Yes,
Perhaps his business did not keep "up with the times" - look no farther than
T Eaton Company
to see parallels in the Canadian marketplace
Yes,
if he had Only been computerized/ more organized he may have lasted longer -
Just look at how well all the fully computerized e-commerce companies are
now doing in 2001

a rather large heap of speculative excrement!!!

Who really knows if and for how long this business would have/could have
survived in these times???

ALL I KNOW is that whenver I visited Toronto (usually 2 or 3 times a year)
when I lived in Ontario - I would ALWAYS visit the Yonge St store and
thought it was the greatest record store in the world. The staff were always
incredibly knowledgable and Can Con was the rule (not the "token gesture"
exception) Knowing his undying support of Canadian artists I would always
shop at his stores first - and unless they didn't have the disc or were
really out of line with pricing (which was rarely the case) I bought there
(and not @ HMV/A&B/M-O-U-S-E)

THIS IS A VERY SAD TIME IN CANADIAN MUSIC -
first we lost hockey to the Americans
now sam's to the creditors
what the hell is next????

dr j
Calgary
www.gogetm.ca


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Schuller" <schuller@festival.bc.ca>
To: <maplepost@icomm.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [mplpost] Sam the Record Man bankrupt


> Sam's bankruptcy had more to do with bad management over the last ten
years
> then napster or e-commerce. Napster has had an effect on all retailers,
> e-commerce doesn't generate revenue; it is still a money loser. Sam's
> expanded rapidly and didn't have a structure to manage the expansion.
They
> didn't keep up with technological changes like even a computerized
> inventory system. When the retail climate worsened they were not able to
> hang on. Basiclly they were trying to manage a 50 store chain like a
> dysfunctional '"mom n' pop"
>
> This bankruptcy is going to cost the whole Canadian music industry - Sam's
> owed a lot of money and only the secured creditors (ie banks) are going to
> see any of that debt.
>
> Jack Schuller
>
> At 08:15 AM 31/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Rob says:
> >
> >At 07:57 AM 10/31/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >>...and there are still people out there defending Napster and the
> >>Napster-clones on the basis that they don't significantly affect music
> >>sales.
> >>
> >>Rob Wakelin
> >
> >
> >The bankrupcy may have a lot to do with SAM's getting on the internet
> >sales wagon a bit too late and spending way too much on advertising same,
> >rather than the evil Napster tempting people away from purchasing
> >CD's...(not that I support Napster in the least.)
> >
> >----------
> >Louise Peacock
> >ONYX Canada - Music Publicity, Promotions and Management
> >email: wezel@wezel.com
> >email: onyxcan@wezel.com
> >WEB page: http://www.wezel.com/onyx
> >
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