#business

What if Marshall Field's had been retained ? There was so much good will that was accumulated. Since the conversion to Macy's, Chicago and mid-western stores are quite "different" to say the least. After pivoting, they discovered that there was a need for more localization but has it been enough. Look at what Marshall Field's used to be.

Why could they have not refreshed the stores and polished the legacy that was extraordinary. Maybe things were perfect....but wasn't there better possibilities for the future of the trajectory of the business and the long term viability all around ? T

These stores used to have restaurants, beauty salons, unique and curated assortments that were unique and exciting ! What do you think ?

Any thoughts or insights on the business deposits team under Chris Starr? I recently applied for a position. Pay range is great but I’m wondering what leadership is like.

Never seen so many ppl with main character syndrome at Pearson. Execs trying to pretend they’re not two full moons from collecting their pension at the post office.

More buzzwords than brain cells. AI this, augmentation that - meanwhile they can’t even process a normal human interaction. “redefining the future of learning” but can’t u redefine how to not be insufferable first??

Walking around showing us inside a hotel conference room boarded up with some purple MDF 😂😂 This isn’t Homes Under The Hammer you plastic fool.

Stay humble y’all… or at least stay quiet, retire and hire someone younger who can make a product that sells for once.

Hope your family is proud of your business cosplay grift. What a legacy to leave them.

Has anyone noticed that this business excellence BS is just another flavor of the month initiative that literally teaches us nothing new. Old concepts that have been around for an eternity such as DMAIC , 5whys, 6 sigma concepts wrapped with a different bow and labeled business excellence. What’s even more disturbing is the amount of directors , senior directors and vp level that have been hired to run this gimmick around the world . No wonder the company is falling apart .. no wonder our stock is tanking .. poor leadership, poor director, bad culture and lack of execution. When the entire c suite runs out it’s more than a red flag it’s a burning flag .. penny pinch the poor little guys and the manufacturing sites.. choke them to death with your kaizen nonsense and keep streamlining processes to death until quality is non existent and complaints begin to skyrocket and patients die with our products oh wait that already happened.. complaints started to climb up thanks to the cut cut cut cut cut to maximize gross profit. Tom get out and take all the incompetent leaders with you cause there are lots of them. Also take the business excellence “plants” with you they add no value and they’re costing u a lot. I suppose u had to give big titles to show Wall Street u mean business when it comes to maximizing gross profit and shareholder value? What a sad story.

Maybe the era of doing nothing and raking in massive bonuses is finally winding down. The only problem is, where do you find executives who actually understand how to run a business properly?

Looks like wells fargo want to move its business and operations to India.

How do you earn some quick cash when you've already shrunk the workforce? Sell off your Intellectual Property! You have to wonder why they weren't sold to Extreme Networks back in 2017 when Avaya sold off its failing <Ahem... non-core 😂) networking business.

https://www.citybiz.co/article/831203/powerbridge-networks-launches-with-acquisition-of-avaya-networking-patent-portfolio/

Desperate for business

Does anyone know which non-core BU will sold next? Any confirmed buyers or rumors anyone is hearing? My area has been totally silent about it...

https://business.toshiba.com/news/toshiba-expands-its-high-output-print-portfolio

Harley-Davidson Continues to Lose, Thousands of Employees Threatened with Layoffs

https://voi.id/en/economy/558906

Another massive hit to Away From Home.

JC
2021: ~$15.06 million 
2022: ~$17.26 million 
2023: ~$17.20 million 
2024: ~$26.25 million 
2025: ~$25.10 million 

Employees
2026: ~97,000 employees
2025: 108,000 employees
2024: 120,000 employees
2023: 133,000 employees
2022: 133,000 employees
2021: 158,000 employees

earlier this week I got an API key for Claude Code. my coworker in EMEA got one too. she also got an email from her band 5's chief of staff asking to verify if she still needs to use Microsoft Apps and to present a "convincing and strong business case" for keeping them. are we buying these off the shelf?!

so let me get this straight: we have money to burn for AI (Gemini, VEGAS and now Claude Code amongst more probably) - BUT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR MICROSOFT APPS?!

By numbers, JD grew top-line revenue from $37.4B to $51.4B (+37% overall). EH is driving a revenue contraction from $51.4B to a projected ~$46B (-10% decline).

Numbers don’t lie or drop tears. Winning!

The server business was always more sticky and now is hugely more strategic than storage.
Years of comp plans for lEMC sales focused on pushing unity, powerstore, powermax etc distracted from the real prize of owning the entire data centre. They never understood apps, infrastructure. Just boxes.
If they had focused on overall sales, share of wallet, Dell would have been even more of a powerhouse than today.
Servers were never as high margin as storage, but highly profitable and close enough to matter.

Any guesses on how much worse it is than you think?

I heard that maybe some things at f5 are turning around but liking st the job postings i don’t see a difference or shift in direction

No longer there but curious since this page got quiet since February.

Still getting new meetings scheduled like everything is normal. Maybe layoffs aren't happening? Why are we so sure it's the 31st?

Verizon deal ?

The articles that just came out about the rumors of Citi seeking to acquire a regional bank speculate about PNC and Truist but it will be USB. The McKinsey mafia will ensure Kedia has a role at the combined organization.

All Florida Clinics were told ten minutes ago that all employees must attend a business update meeting at noon today. Any info on what’s happening?

Maybe that'll finally force leadership to step up their game and actually run the business instead of just extracting wealth.

Is another day of Reckoning for VZB mgmt on the horizon?

Thin the herd. Desperately needed. Bring some sanity back to the business.

Thank goodness they spent the money for the visibility in Happy Gilmore. Smart move! All the business pouring in from that is saving jobs and a major factor in the bank's generosity with its employees.

Any information about layoffs for ADE'S in Business Network in Europe?

https://www.businessinsider.com/bny-managers-teams-humans-agentic-ai-digital-employees-robin-vince-2026-3

What happened at 3pm today? Stock took an instant hit. 1.40 to 1.34 in an hour.
Did lean six sigma or the java ui do this? Is it Fat five beta now? Is there a new jdk ui?

WSJ March 20, 2026 4:55 am ET

Goldman Sachs will start a series of small layoffs. These reductions will continue throughout the summer. All business lines within the company are expected to be impacted. This new approach replaces the bank's previous single annual layoff event. Business-line leaders will now determine their own timelines for staff cuts.

https://www.pymnts.com/news/banking/2026/goldman-sachs-replaces-big-annual-layoff-with-targeted-rolling-cuts/

A massive reorg is being planned to reduce business units , and consolidate around AI document management systems. Think Content Server + Aviator.

BoA just signed up to take over all of OBP, making current tenants of 600,000 SF subtenants of BoA i.e. no immediate big expansion but we went from 1.8m SF leased to 2.4m SF total so flex option for the future...perhaps this is to enable the full RTO ?

If an entire online retail sector is bleeding money and racking up consistent losses, why are we still pouring resources into it? Why can’t we let those employees go or redeploy that talent pool into areas where we actually make money?
Our prices are noticeably higher than the competition’s, and we’re a pharmacy company at heart. So why does anyone seriously believe we can go head-to-head with retail giants and win customers?

Nobody is ever going to convince me that competent leadership needs some jack-of-all-trades consultants to improve their business. No chance in he-l an outsider has a clue compared to in-house institutional knowledge and experience.

The new margin guidance is here
This is going to be fun
I can guarantee the business 100% margin
But 100% of nothing

I have been long gone from staples since “sick a more” bought it out. I am quite surprised that staples is still around. I wonder for how long. It does not look like a viable business model any longer.

It seems there has been a lull in layoffs likely due to the latest tantrum. It seems that until he finds something new stateside to fixate on things will be in flux businesswise around the world. Will Dan continue his path or will it be a whole new plan afterwards?

Or is it just that program?

Trulieve, Florida’s largest medical mari--ana company, announced layoffs. Over 50 employees at a Clearwater call center will be affected. The company cited business restructuring for the permanent mass layoff. This decision followed a report of $1.2 billion in 2025 profits. Trulieve also reported record cash flow last year.

https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/trulieve-announces-mass-layoff-at-clearwater-call-center/amp/