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Gateway To Close All Retail Stores
John Lazzaro writes "Looks like Gateway is throwing in the towel and closing all of its remaining retail stores, according to a Reuters/Yahoo! report." The story notes: "Gateway's stores, which will be closed on April 9, have long been criticized by analysts and investors as an expensive drag on cash flow because of lease costs and the difficulty of managing inventories", and goes on to suggest: "...with [the acquisition of] eMachines, Gateway doesn't necessarily need the added distribution channel the stores gave the company. In addition to selling Gateway's wares over the phone and via the Internet, eMachines PCs are sold at major retailers such as Best Buy."
i dont work there anymore!
April 1's a great day to release bad news... some people will dismiss almost any story as a joke today.
These April fools joke articles are killing me! Please put me out of my misery.
Might as well pull a joke on myself now, Slashdot my page!
Oh the shame... I will be the fool.
When I asked them about Linux, or a machine without an O/S, I was told "Microsoft won't let us do that." Double Duh.
Speaking of which, I've been wondering... does fungus have any nutritional value? I had mushrooms on my pizza this evening and also on my salad for lunch. They're pretty tasty but I can't imagine they bring much to the table as far as nutrition goes...
I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.