Good roundup piece on Blockbuster in the Dallas Observer featuring a bit of an interview with CEO Jim Keyes.
Some of his quotes.
On store closures
Retail chains are like trees. They get dead limbs, and you have to prune them. And sometimes you have to aggressively take off the lower limbs for the tree to grow high. When we cut off a limb, there’s a perception we’re going out of business, when, in fact, we’re keeping up with the changing needs of the customers.”
On their ‘recovery’
Blockbuster, Keyes says, “is a football team that’s rebuilding. At first, the press is all over you. They’re gonna hammer you, tell you you’re dead, you’ll never be as good as you were. Meanwhile, you’re slowly building positions with strong players, and in three years you’ve got a winning team.”
