They have installed new surveillance cameras, took away all the door stops (we even have to keep the break room door closed) now the manager had an announcement that we can’t use the back entrance at all. Also we were advised that “they” are reviewing and watching over the surveillance and sending any questionable actions to leadership for review, such as not being productive during downtime. They say this is all for our safety...yea right
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so I used to work directly with corporate security folks. they have large displays in their office with tiled displays of store cameras. each and every store can be watched at any time - but you know this. what you may not know is how often they are sitting there staring at the screens watching - just watching - for anyone anywhere doing anything wrong. or perceptibly questionable. it is very weird because it is like they are just sitting there watching a reality tv show but it is of real people in real jobs. I'd like to know if they are being told to do this or if they are entertained by the power they have in watching folks. whatever it is, they use those cameras and they watch.... and watch....
I know nobody that has gone to Apple sponsored trainings, Apple is also NOT giving all employees free phones for selling only 10 of their devices, or giving all managers free pixel 2s . Not that I would use an iPhone anyways. Google could buy us, and still sell iPhones, since they would be making profit from the service on the phone, just like we do now. you can buy a used Chevy at a Ford dealership, why, because they can make money selling it!
So, by your logic, Apple may be acquiring us as well, as employees and leaders are going to APPLE-sponsored trainings as well. (huh!)
Google owns the Android platform, and if they were a wireless provider, what would be the incentive for Sprint/AT&T/T-Mo to carry Android products in their stores if Google is now their competition??? Hmmm...(yeahhhhhh)
File this under "ain't gonna happen."
Look for Comcast to acquire the remnants of what's left of the company some time in 2018/2019.
Sears... A true success story
and the cornerstone
Do a quick poll with retail reps; how many customers have you had in the last month alone that need a new phone right now.
Two day shipping, even overnight shipping, will not suffice in an environment of instant gratification and hyper-connectivity. There will be a need for a physical presence until drones are delivering phones within an hour, and even then people will want to know what they're getting. They're going to want to put their hands on devices to make decisions. These aren't just phones anymore. They're the keystone of people's lives.
Car dealers too.
A person needs food, shelter, and prescriptions.
Almost everything else can be waited for, if the online price is better.
Some furniture stores will survive as well.
Wishing it doesn't make it so @iww. Look at the successful retailers in your list. Look what they're selling. Food, prescriptions and, in the cases of Lowe's and Home Depot, building supplies.
The argument that could be made is that these specific retailers are tough to transform to cyber retailers by virtue of what they sell (with the possible exception of prescriptions that are taken on a long-term basis).
@iww, i believe you're reasoning is waaayyyy off. Amazon bought Whole Foods, a click and mortar operation, because food is perishable and proximity to consumer, for food, is important, unlike books..
Nobody is eliminating stores. Do you read the news, ever? If online is the future, why did Amazon buy Whole Foods as a way to establish a retail presence? So they could shutter it and go back to online only?
Of course not. They did it because brick-and-mortar stores still rule retail. Here, allow me to list the top retailers for you:
1) Wal-Mart Stores
2) Kroger Co.
3) Costco
4) The Home Depot
5) CVS
6) Walgreens
7) Amazon.com
8) Target
9) Lowe’s and
10) Albertson’s
Let's see, now... That's nine physical retailers (eight of which had YOY growth) and one online retailer.
Also; brick-and-mortar is more profitable after all- once you account for shipping and handling and the increased rate of return, and studies show younger people actually prefer physical shopping. (Forbes)
All this "retail stores are closing" is sky-is-falling nonsense propagated by people who don't know what they're talking about and don't understand change.
Verizon will be downsizing store staff, thus having surveillance to watch store flow from the back office. They are taking baby steps to reach their goal in eliminating stores little by little.
Oh, and here's something funny- Those "pop up" Google stores that were selling Pixel 2? Turns out they were selling the Verizon version.
They're cleaning us up for a Google acquisition. Trim all the fat, refresh the store appearance, streamline the customer experience, and tighten all the loose bolts (operations were a disaster, and nobody wants to buy a lemon). Look at the way we've embraced Google; GSuite rollout, management devices switched from iPhone to Pixel 2 (mandatory), Nest/Chromecast/Google Home/JBL+Google front and center on display in the new "next-gen" storefront. Managers are going to Google-sponsored leadership trainings. Reps are going to Google-sponsored sales trainings. Google is almost literally throwing Pixel 2s at reps (sell just ten in a month and get one for free? Even if you don't hit quota?), and giving them to customers half-off regardless of plans with no trades required...
Something is happening. And I know it has something to do with Google...
Wow, you know who would likely want to know that?
The people it might apply to on the wireless board.
What region are you in gle here glegends lol