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    The Gate is Not Open at Gateway Stores

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Andrew Baxter, Apr 2, 2004.

  1. Andrew Baxter

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    Gateway announced Thursday it will be closing all of its Gateway Country retail stores in the United States. 2,500 people will be laid off by Gateway because of this, that's 40% of its staff from this ever shrinking company.


    It is ironic that just this week Sony announced that it will create its own branded store to sell a lot of its consumer electronic products just as Apple does. So while Sony is ramping up to bring its brand label closer to the consumer, Gateway is retreating and trying to figure out a better way to sell its computers. With the acquisition of EMachines last month, it is expected that Gateway will take the same approach EMachines always took, and that is selling computers through typical large retail channels such as Circuit City and Best Buy. Gateway is currently in talks with Best Buy and the rumor is that the two companies will come to an agreement for Best Buy to become a major seller of Gateway computers.


     
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    This is a good move. Gateway is bleeding very badly, even though they were able to put together the deal for eMachines. Hopefully they won't foul up that brand...

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    When you look at Gateway's rating at ResellerRatings.com it will help explain why they are bleeding so badly.

    It is also interesting that after the acquistion of eMachines, the CEO of eMachines replaced the CEO of Gateway. eMachines is quite profitable, Gateway is bleeding badly. When Gateway bought eMachines, they were buying the CEO as well!
     
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