tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552723854635747246.post7518378555930595937..comments2024-03-20T05:20:53.924-04:00Comments on What's In Store: Swoozie's files for bankruptcyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552723854635747246.post-89051538630093456312010-03-16T10:55:45.166-04:002010-03-16T10:55:45.166-04:00I feel bad for the employees; a lot of good hardwo...I feel bad for the employees; a lot of good hardworking people are going to get hurt. The bankruptcy filing was not unexpected. Kelly and her late husband were two of the most unpleasant people I ever met and ran the company like a couple of crazy people. They tolerated stealing from some people if they were part of the “in crowd”, but ran good managers out of the company if they didn’t play suck up politics. Yes, it is true. An employee was caught loading her car with stuff from the store at midnight, and because corporate liked her, the manager was not allowed to fire her. Most employees had keys and alarm codes so who knows how much theft was going on. A stock boy was caught steeling merchandise at the same store, throwing “empty” boxes in the trash and coming back at night to get them.<br /><br />Store managers knew best what type of merchandise worked in a particular market but Swoozies refused to listen and would send beach themed stuff to Chicago and cow town themed stuff to Dallas. So one store would be chronically out of stuff hot for their market, while another store would have the same thing they couldn’t sell. Managers would ask if they could ship the stuff they couldn’t sell to the stores that couldn’t keep it in stock: No! Not allowed.<br /><br />Swoozies corporate was a nightmare and all special orders went through Atlanta corporate. From the two stores I saw, Swoozies was getting killed on special orders because of mistakes at the corporate level and because Swoozies corporate would not allow store managers to change bad practices.<br /><br />I always thought that the private investors who backed the business would eventually kick Kelly and David out and bring in their own management team. Oops, should have!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552723854635747246.post-35787819871761493942010-03-03T20:20:02.345-05:002010-03-03T20:20:02.345-05:00>> festive, colorful stationery
Translatio...>> festive, colorful stationery <br /><br />Translation: "pretentious, overpriced stationery".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com