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我们是否该对他们表示忧伤?作为一名创办百货公司的企业家,詹姆斯·卡什·潘尼的名字令人疑惑,它听起来更像是有关资本家的连环漫画册中虚构人物的名字。几十年来,他在1902年创立的以他的名字命名的企业实现了他超级豪壮的承诺,发展成为20世纪最成功的零售商之一但在诞生后的第111个年头,杰西潘尼公司未能宝刀不老。2008年金融危机以来,其股价暴跌了50%,而且在上一个圣诞季,同店销售额比上年同期减少了三分之一——下跌幅度如此之大,几乎是史无前例的。今年3月,该公司宣布进行另一轮裁员,导致一年削减的工作岗位达到2万个。这只是濒临破产的知名零售品牌中最新的一个。电路城公司倒闭了;百思买奄奄一息。博德斯连锁书店人去楼空;巴诺书店在关闭店
Should we be sad about them? As an entrepreneur who founded a department store, James Kash Penny’s name is puzzling. It sounds more like the name of a fictional character in a comic book about capitalists. For decades, the company he founded in 1902 achieved his super-heavy commitment to become one of the most successful retailers of the 20th century but in the 111th year after his birth, Jessani The company is not old. Since the financial crisis in 2008, its stock price has plummeted by 50%, and in the last Christmas season, same-store sales have fallen by one-third from the same period of last year – and the decline rate is so large that it is almost unprecedented. In March this year, the company announced another round of layoffs, resulting in a reduction of 20,000 jobs a year. This is just the latest one among the famous retail brands on the verge of bankruptcy. Circuit City has closed down; Best Buy is dying. Bordes chain bookstore people go to the empty; Banno bookstore in the closed shop