Friday, April 30, 2010

USAT| In a tale of two racks, few copies to buy

Depending on your perspective, it's either a good thing or a bad thing that I found only one copy of USA Today shortly after 1 p.m. San Francisco time at my neighborhood Starbucks. The rest were copies of The New York Times and local papers:

On Union Street in San Francisco's tony Cow Hollow area, the Starbucks rack carried the NYT's name, but not USAT's. This store didn't have any copies at all:

Related: USA Today launches retail sales in the coffee chain's 6,500 U.S. stores, March 15.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous4/30/2010 5:33 PM

    Why, Oh why, can't this company do something right. Whoever came up with the Starbucks plan had a good idea, but it's just not being executed. It's not a real big thing in the great scheme of Gannett, but it's just another example of a screw up of something that should have been easy to accomplish.

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  2. Anonymous5/01/2010 6:03 AM

    Good job Dave Hunke. I am sure the Board of Directors and Mr. Dubow and Ms. Martore feel great that you pulled the wool over their eyes.

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  3. Jim Hopkins5/01/2010 4:00 PM

    The Union Street store confirmed that it does, indeed, sell USAT.

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  4. Anonymous5/02/2010 11:37 AM

    Bad: USA TODAY could sell more copies but it sold out.
    Good: USA TODAY is a popular newspaper whether you like it or not.

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  5. Jim Hopkins5/02/2010 11:56 AM

    Mine is sort of the same:

    Good: Sold out.
    Bad: Didn't stock enough to sell even more.

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