Lowes to shut stores and lay off 2,000 people

Started by BILLY Defiant, October 17, 2011, 05:18:45 PM

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BILLY Defiant

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Dan

And the reason no one can afford home repairs is the lack of access to home improvement loans.

All aspects of housing demand are a direct function of liquidity provided by lenders.
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tbone0106

Quote from: Dan on October 17, 2011, 05:20:36 PM
And the reason no one can afford home repairs is the lack of access to home improvement loans.

All aspects of housing demand are a direct function of liquidity provided by lenders.

Nah. Lowe's and Home Depot may both fold because there are nor enough customers in the stores to keep the doors open. In my part of the country, the new kid on the block is Menard's, and it's the equivalent of KMart in the 1970s and Walmart in the 1980s and 1990s. (Walmart seems to be a more durable version of the genre.) That is to say that Menard's is KILLING its competition with clever things like lower prices and unbeatable selection.

What CAN they be thinking of?

Solar

Quote from: tbone0106 on October 17, 2011, 06:01:11 PM
Nah. Lowe's and Home Depot may both fold because there are nor enough customers in the stores to keep the doors open. In my part of the country, the new kid on the block is Menard's, and it's the equivalent of KMart in the 1970s and Walmart in the 1980s and 1990s. (Walmart seems to be a more durable version of the genre.) That is to say that Menard's is KILLING its competition with clever things like lower prices and unbeatable selection.

What CAN they be thinking of?
Personally, I hope Home Despot folds, their backing of fagots was a final straw for me, I am more than happy to pay the extra buck to the little guy, rather than support the filth the Despot backs.
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taxed

Damn...


It sucks they can't do anything more with all that building space...
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CubaLibre

Don't worry; when the jobs bill passes, those jobs will be created and/or saved, along with millions of other jobs. You know, just like last time  ::) ::)

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Quote from: CubaLibre on October 18, 2011, 05:28:09 AM
Don't worry; when the jobs bill passes, those jobs will be created and/or saved, along with millions of other jobs. You know, just like last time  ::) ::)


Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-hh-h-h-h-h!!!!!   Sorry, my head almost exploded!!! lol
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taxed

Quote from: Solar on October 17, 2011, 06:19:29 PM
Personally, I hope Home Despot folds, their backing of fagots was a final straw for me, I am more than happy to pay the extra buck to the little guy, rather than support the filth the Despot backs.


In their defense, they got confused about the gay community being the largest consumers of wood...
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tbone0106

Quote from: CubaLibre on October 18, 2011, 05:28:09 AM
Don't worry; when the jobs bill passes, those jobs will be created and/or saved, along with millions of other jobs. You know, just like last time  ::) ::)

Jobs supported too -- you forgot that. There were billions, maybe tens of billions of those with the last stimulus!

bluelieu

Quote from: taxed on October 18, 2011, 09:43:27 AM

In their defense, they got confused about the gay community being the largest consumers of wood...

Too funny!!!!!!!!!! :)) :)) :)) :)) :))

Dan

With all seriousness, we are seeing what I believe is a very real contraction in the economy. Forget the economic numbers. Just look at this stuff with your own eyes and tell me we are even treading water. Yes some areas of the country are doing well, but in the aggregate we are beginning to lose ground.
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Solar

I swear, no matter how spin it, this is a depression, and historians will say its so in a decade or more.
I know economists at the moment won't go there, but they're all thinking it.
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Dan

Quote from: Solar on October 19, 2011, 02:38:35 PM
I swear, no matter how spin it, this is a depression, and historians will say its so in a decade or more.
I know economists at the moment won't go there, but they're all thinking it.


The moment a Republican takes office it will become a depression and they will immediately want to know what they hell he is going to do about it. lol. The leftwing press is so predictable. It's like watching a movie where you can guess the ending 15 minutes after the start.
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Solar

Quote from: Dan on October 19, 2011, 02:46:21 PM

The moment a Republican takes office it will become a depression and they will immediately want to know what they hell he is going to do about it. lol. The leftwing press is so predictable. It's like watching a movie where you can guess the ending 15 minutes after the start.
You're probably right, they tried to peg Carter's mess on Reagan, and were seeing the same thing happening again today, only this POTUS is making it worse on purpose.
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