Thread regarding Follett layoffs

Actually the guy who helped come up with the lending plan at NACS used to be a Follett Exec who left in a bad way under Don's tenure at FHEG. So we won't be hiring their leadership if it goes bad for them.

Camex folks couldn't manage a lemonade stand. It's a make up of bookstore managers who wouldn't last a week in a real retail environment and their main objective is making sure that tomorrow is just like yesterday- no change, no risk and no initiatives that involve putting themselves on the hook for performance. Just stand around at a Camex show and what you see if what you get, middle age, over weight, t-shirts, jeans, beards and looking like they just came in from the farm.

The plan sounds like it may work

Actually the NACS plan will fail and Follett will either buy the whole company, or just hire its executives to try the same thing at Follett. That is our leadership pattern.

The plan will have to fail before follett tries to copy it i.e. KMART, Ace Hardware

I read an article about NACS two years ago that was public about their plan and honestly it was quite impressive. Maybe we should try it, we do like to copy every other companies models these days.

That is why all Follett companies missed their financial goals. Booyaa. Glad I was laid off.

and when Amazon decided to get serious about K-12 books and library, it is over folks.

Interesting concept and the last thing Follett and BN need is to drive up the commission rates. The big winner here is Amazon who is staying focused on their strategy of online retail, including textbooks. If you don't believe that, just look at the financials of Follett and BN - hideous!