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General Electric is now an "orphan" brand

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:24 pm
by electra225
The once-mighty General Electric is no more. They have gone the way of their "kissin' cousin" RCA. Their demise is much like the demise of RCA, corporate mismanagement and "taking their eyes off the ball".

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/02/busi ... index.html

Re: General Electric is now an "orphan" brand

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:51 pm
by Ken Doyle
GE's consumer electronics division has been gone since 1987 when they sold it to Thompson in France. GE has been going downhill ever since Jack Welch ripped the soul out of it.

Re: General Electric is now an "orphan" brand

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:32 am
by William
So sad, and probably with the right management it should have never happened. :(

Bill

Re: General Electric is now an "orphan" brand

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:07 pm
by 19&41
It looks like most companies will grow, until they collapse upon themselves. Once the failure begins, there's no stopping it.

Re: General Electric is now an "orphan" brand

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:31 am
by electra225
Another large company I believe to be skating on thin ice is Walmart. They are so worried about being Amazon, being like Amazon, outdoing Amazon. They will wake up, probably when it's too late, then realize not only are they not like Amazon, they have forgotten how to be Walmart. Sam Walton admonished the company to keep their eyes on the ball and let others do their thing. International Harvester was a company thought to be too big to fail. They were the king of the hill in the ag machinery business, but got worried about being John Deere. We know how that turned out. RCA bought Banquet Foods and lost their way.