gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2006-12-17 11:12:30 -0800, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net said:

> >>>> If they arrived already, have they begun closing down. I'll give them a 
> >>>> year.  I think those things are stunningly horrible.  Particularly as 
> >>>> some Japanese chains some fabulous pastries.

> >>> Echos what the Japanese bureaucracy was saying about McDonald's before
> >>> they opened there, and Starbucks.

> >> Krispy Kreme has imploded in the US, for good reasons I think. This

> > If by "imploded" you mean "expanded", you're correct. If you mean
> > "bad management has led to lower profitability", you're also correct.

> > I doubt you meant either.

> Did you have a direct response to make, or relay from another?

Sorry, I don't see how that was complicated...

> We had three outlets in this area.  Now we have none.  Their stock was 

We had one, now we have 6.

> artlcle, "Krusty Kreme, what the fuck happened?" or some such.  Did 
> they declare bankruptcy?  I don't know.

> It's a lousy donut, and donuts are really all they sell. If they are 

Which wasn't the issue.

One might also point out similar things could have been said about
McDonald's, or Starbucks, in their respective fields, yet they are
doing well in Japan.

> "expanding" perhaps they are doing it the way alot of corporations do, 
> just before a complete collapse and sell-off.

They oversold their brand, and have been subject to SEC rules when they
went public.

> Any oblique non-statement for clarification appreciated.

Any oblique critique appreciated as well.

Insightful comments like "I don't like it, therefore it will fail" are
on a par with the above-mentioned Japanese bureaucrats who, esteemed
though they may be, were remarkably inaccurate in their assessments of
what would do well in Japan.

Mike