CL wrote:
> daffy wrote:
> 
>> I taught ESL in Japan from 1997 to 2000, and spent my first year
>> working for AEON. I was stunned to hear of Nova's bankruptcy
>> yesterday, because they were a monster during the years I was in
>> Japan. I was wondering if anyone here could tell me how AEON has been
>> doing, and if there's been any talk about how Nova's implosion might
>> affect competitors like AEON?
> 
> Asking once would have been enough ...
> 
> But, since you did ask, the chances of AEON going under are somewhere 
> between slim and none.  Unlike NOVA which was just a one-trick pony of 
> an Engrish factory, AEON is a part of AEON Group which is something like 
> equal in size to the Japanese government in employees, income, and 
> number of buildings owned.  You may recognize various AEON Group names 
> like Jusco, Carrefour, Mini Stop, Max Valu, or Kasumi from your time 
> spent here.  AEON Engrish Skule is a tiny little part of all that.  And 
> AEON management has this funny little habit of letting small things that 
> don't make money or don't make a lot of money just keep chugging along 
> if it creates more goodwill for the parent company than the loss hurts 
> its bottom line.
> 

 > But, since you did ask, the chances of AEON going under are somewhere
 > between slim and none.  Unlike NOVA which was just a one-trick pony of
 > an Engrish factory, AEON is a part of AEON Group which is something like
 > equal in size to the Japanese government in employees, income, and
 > number of buildings owned.  You may recognize various AEON Group names
 > like Jusco, Carrefour, Mini Stop, Max Valu, or Kasumi from your time
 > spent here.  AEON Engrish Skule is a tiny little part of all that.  And
 > AEON management has this funny little habit of letting small things that
 > don't make money or don't make a lot of money just keep chugging along
 > if it creates more goodwill for the parent company than the loss hurts
 > its bottom line.

Sgi

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