52 nd Name wrote:
Doug,

WD did have many management problems, but even a well managed Supermarket
Chain can not be competitive if their labor costs are not competitive or if
their employees are not able to offset their increase salary with an
increase in productivity. If WD did have a strong management team, they
would have been able to hold on for awhile longer, but they would have
continued to lose marketshare as long as their cost structure was not
competitive.


All that may or may not be true, but, alas, your ignorance is showing,
Smithers, WD wasn't unionized.