If A Store Chain Went On Strike What Would Happen If A Manager Decided To Keep His Or Her Store

There's a strike happening at my local grocery store, should I shop there today or wait until its over to support them?

You have to make a decision whose side you’re on. A strike is very difficult — for workers up against the wealthy business entity. To win they have to shut down the flow of profits to the employer.If you cross the picket line, you help the employer break the strike by keeping their business income flowing. So you’re attacking the workers if you do that.Talk to the people on the picket line about why they are on strike.

Do police sometimes send in under-aged people to stores to check if the stores are IDing?

When I was 19 my friends and I would take turn to hang out in front of the liquor store in our neighborhood and ask people who were going in if they would buy six pack for me. Most people would say no, but eventually someone would. (In our defense, this was in Illinois, where you had to 21 to buy beer; meanwhile you could buy beer in Wisconsin at 18. Presumably Wisconsin understood that if the government expects an 18 year to die for their country, they ought to be able to have a beer.) One night it was my turn. After several people declined, a middle aged guy emerged from a car. When I asked him to buy me a six pack, he sized me (I was fairly clean cut at the time) and then pulled out a Chicago Police badge. My knees went weak and my heart was pounding. This was it … I’m getting arrested. Instead, he said, “It’ll cost you five bucks … plus the cost of the beer. (That was a lot in 1970; I think that the beer cost less than $1.50.).” I handed him the money without hesitation and he disappeared into the store.While I waited for him I looked at his car. Sure enough, it was an unmarked police car. He came out pretty quickly, handed me the beer, and said, “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,” and left with my change.So in 1970, at least some on the police force were not wasting their time worrying about guys drinking beer who were old enough to be in the army.Meanwhile, from previous experience, the guy in the store would take one look at you as you walked in, point at the door and say, “Get outta here.”

Why are Kmart and Sears stores closing across the United States?

KMart and Sears are relics of the “Old Economy”. They have many strikes against them. The first is that they were usually anchor tenants in the decaying shopping mall space. As malls have seen marked decline over the past few years, both Sears and KMart have felt their share of this pain.Amazon is another reason for the decline of both Sears and KMart. Both of these entities have not embraced the advantages of the online mania of the past several years, nor have they fully embraced the changing advertising landscape, which relies heavily on social media. As a result, Amazon has stepped in and “eaten their lunches”.Also, the “new economy” seems less focused on brand names and dated model spokesperson’s. These two elements have been the backbone of both Sears and KMart. Many of the brand names and model spokesperson’s are old and hearken back to an older time. I am not sure that Cheryl Tiegs really resonates with the new millennial consumer. The same is true of the Craftsman brand, however, Sears was able to salvage some residual value when they sold this asset. The newly competitive virtual landscape has changed consumer sentiment as well as the overall affinity for these brands and icons significantly.Turning both of these retail monsters around would have been a “Fool’s Errand”, so management decided to “Gordon Gekko” these firms, selling them off “bit-by-bit”. Since many of these firms bought property in the late eighties and nineties, property values have risen steadily. The lack of any serious financial help at critical early moments coupled with management’s guidance into dissolution has accelerated the decline in many of the stores. At times, photo’s have memorialized stores and shelves that have resembled third world nations, with stores in total disarray and shelves empty of basic products.Many baby boomers grew up with these stores and NEVER anticipated their precipitous decline. Because of the size of this demographic, the demise of these icons seems to be a harbinger of something more serious. However, my belief is these two firms are victims of, “ you snooze, you lose”. Management is ultimately responsible for this decline and for not reading the “tea-leaves” as the retail market has changed so dramatically.