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Ask Slashdot: How To Make a DVD-Rental Store More Relevant?
smi.james.th writes "Here on Slashdot, the concept that older models of business need to be updated to keep with the times is often mentioned. A friend of mine owns a DVD rental store, and he often listens to potential customers walk out, saying that they'd rather download the movie, and not because his prices are unreasonable. With the local telco on a project to boost internet speeds, my friend feels as though the end is near for his livelihood. So, Slashdotters, I put it to you: What can a DVD store owner do to make his store more relevant? What services would you pay for at a DVD store?"
I would pay for blowjobs.
Only a fool would spend 3 hours downloading a crappy copy of a movie that is 50/50 likely CP and viruses, instead of spending $2 to go home and watch it with his family. @smi.james.th - if your friend is losing customers because they would rather steal than pay for something, he's not losing much.
On a broader note, there is much a movie store can give a customer that he wont find online. perhaps the greatest is a curated selection and expert advice, like a good independent book store.
Judging by what happened to Hostess, anyone who actually wants to keep that job.
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Unemployment rates by state:
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
Right to work states:
http://www.nrtw.org/rtws.htm
23 states are right to work. 27 states and DC are not.
The average of the unemployment rates listed at your source for states designated right to work is 7.07%
The average of the unemployment rates listed at your source for states NOT designated right to work is 7.82%
Of the 25 states with the lowest unemployment, 13 are right to work states. Of the 25 states with the highest unemployment, 10 are right to work states.
All five of the states with the lowest unemployment are right to work states and none of them see their primary income from tourism. Only two of the states with the highest unemployment are right to work states and one of them (Nevada) lives and dies on a tourism market that goes very soft in a bad economy.
Correlation is not necessarily causation, but there IS a pretty clear correlation between right to work and lower unemployment.
Got anything else to say clever guy?
Moderating "-1, Disagree" is simple censorship. Have the guts to post your opinion.