10 Major Brands That Will Vanish in 2010?

[TheMojoPin]

So says this analysis. (http://247wallst.com/2009/12/02/the-ten-brands-that-will-disappear-in-2010/)

Here are the brands:


Newsweek
Motorola
Palm
Borders
Blockbuster
Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Ambak
Eastman Kodak
Sun Microsystems
E*Trade

[PapaBear]

I think a few of those were on last year's list. And the year before.

[Dude!]

losing the Ambak brand
is so sad
it's been a household name
for decades

[TooLowBrow]

can i bump this thread in a year and we can discuss it then?

[jauble]

So says this analysis. (http://247wallst.com/2009/12/02/the-ten-brands-that-will-disappear-in-2010/)

Here are the brands:


Newsweek
Motorola
Palm
Borders
Blockbuster
Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Ambak
Eastman Kodak
Sun Microsystems
E*Trade


Mae and Mac define how so much is done. I would be very surprised to see them go the way of the dodo. I will let you know after my next big training session. 15 hours of class next week.

[underdog]

companies that will disappear in 2009 (http://money.aol.com/investing/companies-who-will-disappear-in-2009)

[underdog]

here's something from April about companies that will disappear by the end of the year (http://247wallst.com/2009/04/15/twelve-major-brands-that-will-disappear/)

These are actually very interesting to look at.

[underdog]

Here's 2008 (http://247wallst.com/2008/01/24/the-large-us-co/)

[underdog]

Swing and a miss (http://money.aol.com/investing/companies-that-may-disappear-in-2008#)

[Meataball23]

I bought the new steve berry at borders today.

I had no idea borders is circuit city to barnes and noble's best buy?

[TheMojoPin]

I think a few of those were on last year's list. And the year before.

That's in the commentary for some of these. Seems like at least of few these companies have basically been dead men walking.

[Dude!]

companies that will disappear in 2009 (http://money.aol.com/investing/companies-who-will-disappear-in-2009)

my uncle worked for Nortel
and in 1999 was riding high
with like 10,000 shares of stock
at $100 each....
for a while he was a millionaire

then came the Y2K stock crash
and he held his shares all the way down
then he lost his job there

now the stock is virtually worthless

timing is everything

[PapaBear]

Here's 2008 (http://247wallst.com/2008/01/24/the-large-us-co/)
That one was horrible. There are so many different lists, though. One I saw from 2008 correctly called Circuit City, but they bombed on just about everything else, including K Mart, and Old Navy.

[TheMojoPin]

Here's 2008 (http://247wallst.com/2008/01/24/the-large-us-co/)

Now they're getting ballsy and saying these WILL vanish instead of that they may. LOOK OUT, FINANCIAL BLOG OUT OF CONTROL!!!

[Meataball23]

here's something from April about companies that will disappear by the end of the year (http://247wallst.com/2009/04/15/twelve-major-brands-that-will-disappear/)

These are actually very interesting to look at.

Unreal...I would say about 3/4 of my wardrobe is either banana or gap.

Im the asshole wearing clothes that are no longer made looking for a bookstore that doesnt exist. Im gonna be blowhard and im only 26

[Chigworthy]

Is anyone thinking what I'm thinking?




FANTASY BANKRUPTCY LEAGUE!!!!

[TheMojoPin]

Is anyone thinking what I'm thinking?




FANTASY BANKRUPTCY LEAGUE!!!!

epo Manning is the gift that keeps on giving.

[KingGeno]

Saw the list last year. Included PacSun and tons of other stores. 99% did not close. So...

[TooLowBrow]

Is anyone thinking what I'm thinking?




FANTASY BANKRUPTCY LEAGUE!!!!

is gimbals closed yet?

[Recyclerz]

is gimbals closed yet?

Ask Macy's; I'm sure they would have told them.




We're both old. :down:

[Suspect Chin]

I think Blockbuster is definitely the first to go. They are having blowout closing sales everywhere here.

How can they possibly compete with Netflix and on demand? $7 per movie from BB vs. $15 a month unlimited from Netflix...? No brainer. And don't tell me their Blockbuster By Mail program even competes with Netflix.

The people that go to Blockbuster are the same people that still have home phones and they'll be dead soon.

[PapaBear]

I think Blockbuster is definitely the first to go. They are having blowout closing sales everywhere here.

How can they possibly compete with Netflix and on demand? $7 per movie from BB vs. $15 a month unlimited from Netflix...? No brainer. And don't tell me their Blockbuster By Mail program even competes with Netflix.

The people that go to Blockbuster are the same people that still have home phones and they'll be dead soon.
Blockbuster is going to try to replace most of their stores with Redbox type kiosks. But I don't see how they catch up to them, with such a big head start.

[KnoxHarrington]

Motorola won't die -- they make too much money doing other things in other industries -- but they do seem dead in the water on cell phones for the consumer market. The Droid doesn't seem to have been the knockout they were hoping for.

I don't see how Blockbuster made it through 2009. Who the fuck goes there anymore? Either Netflix your movies, or even go to a Redbox if you need to see it quickly.

[Suspect Chin]

Blockbuster is going to try to replace most of their stores with Redbox type kiosks. But I don't see how they catch up to them, with such a big head start.

Exactly. Redbox is essentially everything you would need from a BB in the size of a vending machine. No overhead and it runs itself.

[razorboy]

Nooooo, not Ambak!

At least we'll still have Amtrac, Pak Life and MkDonalds.

[KC2OSO]

is gimbals closed yet?
yes, right after Alexander's on routes four and seventeen. we're losing our choices...

[KC2OSO]

Motorola won't die -- they make too much money doing other things in other industries -- but they do seem dead in the water on cell phones for the consumer market. The Droid doesn't seem to have been the knockout they were hoping for.

I don't see how Blockbuster made it through 2009. Who the fuck goes there anymore? Either Netflix your movies, or even go to a Redbox if you need to see it quickly.
It's a fucking toy compared to the Blackberry its designers never having thought that that we might take this thing seriously and want Outlook mail and calendar in one app like a serious business device. Agreed tho, anyone who says Moto will die has no idea about what they do as a company. They are as solid as GE and 'em, NBC or Comcast.

[El Mudo]

is gimbals closed yet?

You're Gimbal's Marge!

http://download.lardlad.com/framegrabs/4F08/096.jpg

[Fallon]

2011 version..
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/110018/10-brands-that-may-disappear-in-2011

Suck it blockbuster!

[Syd]

Kia, really? They account for just about 50% of the Hyundai group sales. The guy can take a wet shit on a sit-and-spin and then start spinning it as fast as he can in the middle of a bunch of magazines and see where the shit lands to have better luck predicting what companies will go away.

T-Mobile is equally ludicrous (speed). Maybe they get bought out, but not any time soon. All the speculation on LTE is stupid considering AT&T and T-Mobile use the same base station equipment now.

Half the list are a bunch of no brainers, then the other half read like the guy just hates the commercials for those companies and wants to see them go out of business

[Tenbatsuzen]

The Kia thing is RIDICULOUSLY idiotic.

He uses Ford and GM as a comparison, but here's the problem:

Ford woke up and realized that all the Mercuries are just rebadged Fords. When you already have a luxe brand of cars (lincoln) and you're the #1 American automaker, you don't need a redundant brand.

GM *HAD* to get rid of it's brands because it was fucking BLEEDING money. Saabs and Hummers were not selling at all.

Notice how Toyota and Nissan, that just have two nameplates - LIKE KIA - isn't mentioned.

Moron.

[underdog]

Kia, really? They account for just about 50% of the Hyundai group sales. The guy can take a wet shit on a sit-and-spin and then start spinning it as fast as he can in the middle of a bunch of magazines and see where the shit lands to have better luck predicting what companies will go away.

T-Mobile is equally ludicrous (speed). Maybe they get bought out, but not any time soon. All the speculation on LTE is stupid considering AT&T and T-Mobile use the same base station equipment now.

Half the list are a bunch of no brainers, then the other half read like the guy just hates the commercials for those companies and wants to see them go out of business

T-Mobile is definitely in trouble. They'll have to merge or be bought out to survive. They had a place for a while, but there's virtually no reason to go to them anymore.

[Tenbatsuzen]

T-Mobile is definitely in trouble. They'll have to merge or be bought out to survive. They had a place for a while, but there's virtually no reason to go to them anymore.

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/images-4/catherine-zeta-jones-4.jpg

[Syd]

T-Mobile is definitely in trouble. They'll have to merge or be bought out to survive. They had a place for a while, but there's virtually no reason to go to them anymore.

They're not in trouble for a few years, and that depends on whether or not they'll have to buy up more spectrum. LTE is a long, long way off and not much is settled yet. The 4G Sprint is using is only at best 4G speed and has nothing to do with 4G -- the tech they're using is what everyone else is using to bring bandwidth in to a site. They're in more trouble than T-Mobile due to them gambling on what looks to be a dead-end technology (for their purposes)

[underdog]

They're not in trouble for a few years, and that depends on whether or not they'll have to buy up more spectrum. LTE is a long, long way off and not much is settled yet. The 4G Sprint is using is only at best 4G speed and has nothing to do with 4G -- the tech they're using is what everyone else is using to bring bandwidth in to a site. They're in more trouble than T-Mobile due to them gambling on what looks to be a dead-end technology (for their purposes)

Sprint is in trouble because they paid $35 billion for Nextel.

T-Mobile was trying to get the iPhone but the money they would have had to pay would have bankrupted the company. They have virtually nothing to offer anymore.

[furie]

what the fuck is ambak?

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Readers Digest has been in trouble for years. Their headquarters was like a fortress in Pleasantville , NY. I think they had to sell that buildong

[PapaBear]

Judging from their record of picks last year, anyone on this year's list should feel pretty good about themselves.

[Devo37]

is gimbals closed yet?

yes, right after Alexander's on routes four and seventeen. we're losing our choices...

dammit! i have gift certificates i never got a chance to use!!

[WRESTLINGFAN]

dammit! i have gift certificates i never got a chance to use!!



E J Korvets will honor them

[Dude!]

what the fuck is ambak?

a retard's clambake

[hanso]

Readers Digest has been in trouble for years. Their headquarters was like a fortress in Pleasantville , NY. I think they had to sell that buildong

They should target midgets.

[scottinnj]

is gimbals closed yet?

Dude, I still see the signs on the old Bradlees stores all over south Jersey. They've been out of business now for what, 10, 11 years? Creepy how nothing replaced them during the economic boom of the early 21rst century.

[scottinnj]

2011 version..
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/110018/10-brands-that-may-disappear-in-2011

Suck it blockbuster!

What gets me is why do stupid companies go with dumb second rate cell phone companies? For example, Blockbuster goes with T-Mobile to offer it's mobile movie watching app. What like 5 people at T-Mobile actually have contracts vs. the usual prepaid accounts? And out of the 5, 2 of those losers have the smartphone capable of running BB's app.

Way to go BB, way to go.

[Dude!]

Brand Obama has vanished

[scottinnj]

Brand Obama has vanished

:clap::clap: :clap::clap::clap:


Very Funny, you made me laugh out loud for real.

[Fallon]

Dude, I still see the signs on the old Bradlees stores all over south Jersey. They've been out of business now for what, 10, 11 years? Creepy how nothing replaced them during the economic boom of the early 21rst century.

For a while we had an old Bradlees, but someone opened it up as "B' lees". They took the light bulbs out of "rad".

It was the ghetto area Bradlees.

[JimBeam]

Readers Digest has been in trouble for years. Their headquarters was like a fortress in Pleasantville , NY. I think they had to sell that buildong

They had sold their building in Chappaqua a few years ago but continued to rent it.

They since decided to move out and consolidate their people in offices in NYC and White Plains.

Pepsi thought about renting some space in that building but decided instead to put people on top of each other in the other Westchester locations.

[TripleSkeet]

Sprint is in trouble because they paid $35 billion for Nextel.

T-Mobile was trying to get the iPhone but the money they would have had to pay would have bankrupted the company. They have virtually nothing to offer anymore.

I thought T-Mobiles appeal was they were catering to the kid / minority / no credit / bad credit crowd.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Brand Obama has vanished

http://rlv.zcache.com/obama_oh_no_bumper_sticker-p128963901407280830trl0_400.jpg