10 brands that won't be around in 2012

[the_poet]

10 brands that won't be around in 2012

 

[namenut]

Here is a funny quote from a previous years list of brands that wont be around.....

"Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) were on our earlier list. We were wrong about them closing. They have become “wards of the state,” kept open by the US government to help maintain an orderly mortgage market. It is estimated that keeping the two firms open costs taxpayers about $7 billion a month. The companies lost a combined $291 billion in 2009. Members of Congress are pushing to have the companies shuttered. It is almost certain that they will not be around, at least in their current forms, much longer. One estimate is that the cost of supporting the two companies will total $1 trillion, making it more likely that they will be closed in the favor of other alternatives to maintain the mortgage market.
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Yikes!

NN

 

[johname]

MySpace will be still be around i would think. Soap Opera digest will be missed

 

[DU]

You know shits in trouble when Moody's is listed as brand that's going away.

What? You mean the credit rating agency that couldn't rate credit? You mean the financial risk management company that didn't see the stink of ....

Oh.. whatever. I see sales of rope, pain pills and razor blades increasing..

 

[johname]

I didnt see Moodys listed in the top 10, oh now I see it was a prior year's missed prediction of doom.

 

[DU]

I didnt see Moodys listed in the top 10, oh now I see it was a prior year's missed prediction of doom.

Did you miss the financial recovery?

 

[johname]

Moodys is not on this list 1-10 that poet is referring to.

 

[DU]

Moodys is not on this list 1-10 that poet is referring to.

This is because of the financial recovery. They say we're ok now. I was commenting on the fact that Moody's made the list in the first place - when you're responsible for the reporting of the stability and credit rating of the major components of the financial infrastructure you're in dire straights!

The list contains brands that will be bought strategically which is not the same list Pets.Com was on

I still can't see a world without Sears. That's huge to me and marks a massive tipping point. People underestimate the value of an anchor store in a mall, imho.

 

[SiberForum]

What would be a fun, when there will be no brands in 2012 at all....

 

[FatHive]

saab will be there they just got 13.8 million euros of funding.

 

[DU]

saab will be there they just got 13.8 million euros of funding.

Wow. That allows them to survive?

That's just one mad orgy and sex party for the German CEOS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-458819/Volkswagen-threw-orgies-MPs-union-officials.html

It's not funding.. it's an ORDER for CARS!! Wow... who buys Saab? The Chinese apparently!

 

[johname]

Saab now own by a small auto company Spyker that knows how to run on a auto industry "shoestring" budget so maybe an order for 600 cars can get them over the hill and into another year.

 

[DU]

Saab now own by a small auto company Spyker that knows how to run on a auto industry "shoestring" budget so maybe an order for 600 cars can get them over the hill and into another year.

I hope so. I used to like Saab until I fell in love with the Audi/VW brand

Be a shame to see them go.

 

[WebIntellects - Rob]

Futuristic forecasts are interesting, but they should take into attention more factors to be at least something near to the reality.

 

[m2weblogs]

Lol , i am not so sure about "this list",at least about same brands...
-Myspace has already been sold!
-Not sure about Nokia faling :S

 

[johname]

-Myspace has already been sold!

Looks like they sold it for 545 mil less than they paid for it. Now thats a dog deal

 

[m2weblogs]

Fail indeed

 

[johname]

Saab now own by a small auto company Spyker that knows how to run on a auto industry "shoestring" budget so maybe an order for 600 cars can get them over the hill and into another year.

Well maybe not, they filed for BK today:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/07/swedens-saab-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/

 

[KingDon]

"Blockbuster" Yeah, I believe they will turn to dust; all except their new video machines at the grocery store.

But even those machines were supposed to be replaced with flash drive loaders. The thought on that was You'd never have to return the movie disc, and it would only last for a predetermined time frame on the free keychain flash drive you got for signing up.

But online access to movies has nixed even that one, it's amazing how solid the blockbuster franchise once was 10 years ago, and today most of them are just watching all the stores close.

 

[DU]

it's amazing how solid the blockbuster franchise once was 10 years ago, and today most of them are just watching all the stores close.

Netflix, the Blockbuster of 2015