(Umzekeliso: Joel Kimmel) Kwiiholo ezinemarbled ye-lobby eguqulweyo kwiSakhiwo seTrump eWall Street kwiveki ephelileyo, ipati ibiqhubeka. URihanna wayeqhuma kwizinto ezazenziwe ngu-DJ. Inkcazelo. Umgca wabasebenzi baseofisini babelinde iifoto zabo ezivela kwi-baseball kanye-yayinguDarryl Strawberry. AmaCaterer kwimixokelelwane yesaphetha asasaza iitreyi zeenkuku kunye neepepile ezifakiwe.
Kuphantse ukuba yayiyiklabhu yasebusuku, ngaphandle kokuba yayiyi-11 kusasa kwaye, ekoneni, umfazi owayongamele itafile yeesampulu zokutshiza zokuzinzisa. Ngaphandle kwimbaleki yobungcali kunye nomculo, le yayiyi-Duane Reade, ukuvulwa kwevenkile entsha yevenkile yeziyobisi.
Le venkile ithatha iDuane Reade kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ezingeyomfuneko kubathengi: ukukhangela isisombululo seelensi zonxibelelwano kusithathe kwimigca edlulileyo yeetshokholethi zegourmet kunye neengqayi zenkukhu yejalfrezi sauce, edlula kwivenkile i-Look Boutique kunye namashalofu ayo e-antiwrinkle cream kunye nemiboniso yedijithali yesikrini esibonisayo esibonisana nothomalaliso. Kunye neeyunithi ezifrijiweyo ezizaliswe yiChimay kunye ne-sushi, kunye nesikhululo esibonelela ngezinto zokuthambisa, i-salon yeenwele ibonelela ngefuthe kufutshane kwigumbi lonke eligcwele iziqholo Ikhawuntari yekhemesti yayisekoneni ngasemva, emva kokucinga.
Sitye ipepile egxunyekwe kwitreyi, safumana saza sahlawulela isisombululo seelensi zethu zonxibelelwano, saza saphakamisa isandla sakhwela iichips zeetapile zasimahla zokuthintela ukungunda kunye neebhokwe zedizili yiDelish, uphawu lwendlu kaDuane Reade. Siphuma ngomnyango, samiswa kwakhona.
Ngaba usifumene isipho sakho sasimahla? wabuza umfazi encumile. Sihlunguzelise iintloko zethu hayi kwaye ngokuzolula sabeka isandla sethu kwakhona. Iipesenti ezilikhulu zempahla yomqhaphu, wayenomdla. Uyahamba, ntombazana!
Olunye usuku, enye iDuane Reade entsha.
Ngokuhamba kwexesha, ithemba lokuba enye yeWalmart yokophula umda weSixeko saseNew York ithumele abezopolitiko basekuhlaleni kwiiparoxysms zomsindo (ubuncinci abo bangafumananga minikelo inkulu evela kwinkampani yeeprojekthi zezilwanyana zasekhaya). Xa umxholo weDuane Reade uphakanyisiwe, nangona kunjalo, uninzi lweepols zalapha zigxeka. Ukufana kuninzi: ukuyo yonke indawo, ubunini bequmrhu, ukwandiswa okukhohlakeleyo kunye nokuqhubela phambili ukhuphiswano. Ngaba ukhona umahluko?
UDuane Reade ngamava okuthengisa angenakuphepheka kubantu baseNew York; indawo yokugcwalisa iyeza lolawulo lokuzalwa xa unxilile ngo-3 ekuseni kwi-Upper West Side okanye uthenge ubisi ngeCawa kusasa eBedford-Stuyvesant. Amava ehlabathi jikelele, ayithandi jikelele. Ukwenza ubunyani, i Ndithiyile uDuane Reade kwaye ndinguBoycotting Duane Reade ukuze ndigcine iphepha likaFacebook likaWilliams Williams.
Ukukhankanya ivenkile ethekweni kwangoko kuxhokonxa izikhalazo malunga namaxabiso aphezulu (kwaneelekese zinophawu kwezinye iivenkile), abasebenzi abangakhathaleliyo kunye neendawo ezineshelufu enesitokhwe esinehafu engenazo ezinye zeempawu umntu azifunayo. Kodwa ngaphandle kokuhla, iDuane Reade ayinakuphepheka. Yeyona ketani inkulu yokuthengisa iziyobisi esixekweni, eneevenkile ezingama-60 ngaphezulu kweRite Aid kunye neevenkile ezili-138 ngaphezulu kuneCVS. Ngokukodwa eManhattan, ilogo yayo kunqabile ukuba ingabikho kumbono womntu.
Iimpawu zetyathanga zibhengeza ukuba yiNew York ngokukodwa ngo-1960. Kuyinyani ngokwaneleyo, kodwa emehlweni abantu abaninzi baseNew York, ukwanda kwayo kubonisa indlela iNew York ehluleke ngayo ukuyigcina. yayo eyahlukileyo. Kwaye ibhiya yebhiya ifakelwe xa ivenkile entsha ivuliwe eWilliamsburg ngaphesheya kwesitalato ukusuka kwiikhemesti ezimbini ezizimeleyo zaziva ngathi lilinge lokuthenga abahlali ngembonakalo yobunini.
Ukusuka kwiivenkile ezingama-37 ngo-1992, iDuane Reade iye yanda yaya kutsho kuma-257 namhlanje, kwaye isithethi senkampani siqinisekisile ukuba ezinye iivenkile ziya kulandela. Ithathiwe yinkampani yabucala yokulingana, yaya esidlangalaleni emva koko yaya yabucala kwakhona. I-CEO yayo yangaphambili, u-Anthony Cuti, kunye nowayesakuba yi-CFO, uWilliam Tennant, bagwetywa ngokunyusa ubuqhetseba ekusebenzeni kwemali yenkampani. Ngo-2006, ukulinganiswa kweebhondi kuye kwancitshiswa kwaba buthathaka kakhulu. Ngenxa yetyala elinzima kunye nodumo olonakalisiweyo, uDuane Reade usenokuba lixhoba lokuzikhulisa ngokukhawuleza.
Ke ekuqaleni kuka-2010, i-Deerfield, i-Ill-based Walgreens yabona indlela elula yokubamba imarike apho ngaphambili yayingenako ukungena kancinci kwaye yaxhokonxa iDuane Reade nge-618 yezigidi zeedola ezinkozo kunye ne-457 yezigidi zeedola kwityala elithathiweyo. Ikhonkco elikhethekileyo laseNew York ngoku liyinxalenye yeshishini lesizwe elikhulu lokuthengisa iziyobisi, elithengisela unyaka-mali wabo iidola ezingama-67 ezigidi zeerandi kwaye linabasebenzi abangama-244,000 abangamanyani.
Kwizixhobo zayo zobudlelwane phakathi kwabatyali mali, iiWalgreens ziqhayisa ngokuba ama-75 eepesenti amaMelika ahlala kwiikhilomitha ezintlanu kwenye yeevenkile zayo. KwiSixeko saseNew York, uziva ngathi kungcono Iipesenti ezingama-75 kuthi zihlala ngaphakathi kwebhloko okanye ezimbini zeDuane Reade.
Nge-Duane Reade kwibloko nganye, nangokwahluka kwayo ngaphaya kwekhemesti nje kuphela nakwindawo ye-bodega kunye nokutya okuncinci, imibuzo embalwa iqala ukubamba: eyokuqala, kutheni wonke umntu ekhathazeke kangaka ngeWalmart? Okwesibini, ngaba ukhona omnye umthengisi othengisa kufutshane? Kwaye, okubaluleke ngakumbi, ngaba iDuane Reade-ization yeSixeko saseNew York iya kuqhubeka ngokungenammiselo?
Ngosuku olulandelayo emva kokuvulwa kwengxolo eDuane Reade's Wall Street megashopping emporium, i-rally yayiqhubeka ngeebhloko ezimbalwa ukusuka kwivenkile entsha. Umhlangano webandla laseNew York u-Inez Barron kunye nenkokheli yomanyano u-Rich Whalen bema ngaphandle kwe-ofisi ye-comptroller ye-New York State eMaiden Lane ukubhengeza isicelo sabo sokuphicothwa kwesivumelwano somhlaba esinempikiswano: ukuthengwa liQela eliNxulumene noko ukuba yintoni indawo enamarhe exesha elizayo IWalmart eMpuma New York. Abaqhankqalazi abanxibe amaqhosha eWal-Mart Sucks axubeke kumalungu omanyano kunye nabameli bephulo le-Living Wage NYC.
Umahluko, utshilo uceba weDolophu uCharles Barron wase-East New York emva kwendibano, kukuba xa uDuane Reade esiya ebumelwaneni, ayizukudala naluphi na ukhuphiswano, ayizukudala ilahleko yemisebenzi. Akwanelanga ngokwaneleyo. Ayinamandla ngokwaneleyo; abanalo ngoluhlobo. Akubizi kakhulu ngokwaneleyo.
UWalmart uqhubeke wathi, ujongene neevenkile zokubila, uqesha kuphela abasebenzi bexeshana kwaye ahlawule phakathi kwe- $ 7.53 kunye ne- $ 8.53 ngeyure. Ayisebenzisi abasasazi bendawo. IWalmart sisityalo esijikelezayo esikhangela amakhoboka ukuba ahlawule umvuzo ophantsi kwaye aqhubeke nokuxhaphaza uluntu ukwandisa inzuzo yalo, utshilo uMnu.
Ngeendlela ezininzi, iDuane Reade ayinakuthelekiswa neWalmart. Awunakho ukuthenga ibhayisekile ye-BMX eDuane Reade, okanye kwisambrela somgangatho, okanye kwinoveli yakutshanje yeNora Roberts. Ngokungafaniyo neWalmart, iDuane Reade ayikhange ibandakanye umhlaba wentengiso. Kwaye ngaphandle kwexesha elifutshane kwiminyaka esixhenxe eyadlulayo-xa u-Anthony Cuti owayesele enetyala ngoku wayebaleka u-Duane Reade kwaye wazama ukwaphula umanyano-nkqu nabasebenzi bebe kwicala lika-Duane Reade.
UDuane Reade kunye ne-Local 338 banobudlelwane obuhle bokusebenza; Siyaphumelela, utshilo uJack Caffey Jr., umlawuli wemanyano. IWalmart ikuligi yayo-ayibahloniphi abasebenzi bayo, iyacalula, ayibahlawuli ngokufanelekileyo abasebenzi bayo; kodwa uDuane Reade, ziyinkcazo yenkampani esebenza nabasebenzi endaweni.
Umbutho wabasebenzi ufumene umqeshwa, uJuliette Richardson, osebenze eDuane Reade iminyaka engama-22, emnxebeni. Ngexesha lomzabalazo xa umphathi wangaphambili u-Cuti wayengafuni ukuvuselela ikhontrakthi yethu, lonto kwakungumzabalazo, utshilo. Kodwa emva kokuba isivumelwano sabo siphinde saxoxwa, kulungile, utshilo, kubekho izinto ezininzi eziphuculweyo. IiWalgreens azinabo abasebenzi abamanyeneyo, kodwa umanyano lwasekhaya eNew York lucinga ukuba okoko nje uDuane Reade eseliziko elizimeleyo, ikhontrakthi yayo iya kuhlaziywa xa kuthethwa ngothetha-thethwano kunyaka olandelayo.
UDuane Reade waqalwa ngo-1960 ngu-Abraham, Eli kunye noJack Cohen. Igama lavela kwizitrato ezibini ezisezantsi eManhattan ezingqonge indawo yokugcina, ngoku emelwe njengendawo enqamlezileyo kwizixhobo zokwazisa (Ewe, siyazi ukuba azidibani… yenza umfanekiso ongcono! Utsho umntu ofanelekayo wobuzali kwiwebhusayithi yenkampani. ). Kwi-1992, usapho lwathengisa inkampani nge-230 yezigidi zeedola, ekuthengeni okuxhomeke kakhulu kuMitt Romney's Bain Capital. Ngokwenqaku elikwi- Iposi iNew York , ikhonkco lalineevenkile ezingama-37 ngelo xesha.
Ngo-1996, uBain waqesha uCuti, owayesakuba ngumongameli wasePathmark, kungekudala ngaphambi kokuba athengise iDuane Reade, kuthiwa yi-350 yezigidi zeedola, kwenye inkampani ethenga izinto, i-DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, neyathi yazisa uluntu ngo-1998. Ngenzuzo evela kwi-IPO, Umnumzana Cuti uthathe amanye amatsheyina ezivenkileni esiXeko saseNew York — Uthando, Rock Rock, Ixabiso leDrug-kwaye wapasa ikhulu levenkile.
Ngo-2000, ngokutsho kwabatshutshisi bombuso, waqala ukupheka iincwadi, esenza ukuba inkampani ibenomdla ngakumbi kubathengi kunye nokuchaza kakubi imali yenkampani xa iphinda yabucala, ithengwe yi-Oak Hill Capital Partners nge-750 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2004. I-Oak Hill yamgxotha uMnu Cuti a Kunyaka kamva kwaye wayila ngokutsha ilogo yenkampani, etshintsha umbala wayo oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nobomvu ukuya kwililac kunye nomnyama. Ikwabekwa malunga nokulungisa iivenkile, ukwandisa iindlela, ukuphucula ukukhanya kunye nokongeza ubumnandi kwimeko yeDuane Reade ekhe yacinezela. Iziphumo yayikukwenza ivenkile izive ngakumbi njengeivenkile zeziyobisi kwihlomela ledolophu.
Ngaphantsi kokubukela kukaWalgreens, uDuane Reade uqhubekile nokwandiswa kunye nokulungiswa kwakhona. Ivenkile evulwe eWall Street ngumzekelo wenkangeleko entsha yenkampani, kwaye iindawo zayo ezinqabileyo zeemveliso zodidi lubonisa ubume beevenkile ezinje ngeSephora kwaye, okumangalisayo kukuba, ziivenkile ezizimeleyo zaseNew York, ezizibeka zodwa ngokugcina izinto zokuthambisa, iisepha ezivela eYurophu. , iibrashi zamazinyo ezikhethekileyo kunye nezinye izinto eziphezulu.
Indlela i-inshurensi esebenza ngayo kule mihla phantse ayinakwenzeka ukuhlala kwishishini njengekhemesti ezimeleyo, utshilo u-Ian Ginsberg, ongumnini we-C. IBigelow, ikhemesti ebikwilali yaseGreenwich iminyaka eli-173 nakusapho lukaMnu Ginsberg ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1930. Uthe iikhemesti kuso sonke isiXeko saseNew York kuye kwafuneka bandise izinto abazithengisayo ukuze baphile. Kodwa, wongeze, la matyathanga aziva iintlungu ezifanayo, yiyo loo nto bakwishishini lokutya. Ujonge i-assortment apho-ukutya okubandayo, ukutya okuhlanganisiweyo, ukutya kweenja-abanakuphila nje ngokuba ngusokhemesti.
Uthe imixokelelwane sele ikho ukusukela oko wangena kwishishini ngoo-1980-kukho iDuane Reade ezantsi kwesitalato, wongeze (kusoloko kukho uDuane Reade ezantsi kwesitrato) -kwaye akazikhathazi ngayo kakhulu. Amatyathanga, nokuba iWalmart okanye iDuane Reade, bakushishino lwebhokisi engenanto, utshilo. Andiqondi ukuba amava adibana nentengiso.
Kwaye iikhemesti ezizimeleyo azililo nje ilifa leManhattan endala. UChris Tsioros, ongumnini weBridge Apothecary eDumbo, wavula ivenkile yakhe kwiminyaka emine edlulileyo. Ndihlala ndisebenzela ozimeleyo. Andizange ndisebenze ngetyathanga kuba akukho nkonzo, utshilo. Akukho mntu unika isalamane xa ungena kwikhonkco.
Nangona kunjalo, imixokelelwane ilawula, kwaye iya kuqhubeka nokwenza njalo. Kule veki iphelileyo, ICrain's New York Business wakhankanya indlela enobuchule yokuba iWalmart ingene ngaphakathi kwintengiso yaseNew York: ithenge iRite Aid.
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