Smith and Hawken bites the dust

by Cinda Baxter on July 8, 2009 · 4 comments

smith_hawkenThe venerable Smith and Hawken garden retailer has decided to stick a spade in the soil and call it “done.” Translated, they’ve already ceased online operations and plan to close all retail storefronts by year’s end.

The reason? Three guesses. The economy.

Read up on the details here.

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Jeff K July 9, 2009 at 9:13 am

The other reason could be bad Corporate Management

Haile McCollum July 9, 2009 at 6:54 pm

Or a bad product mix. Anyone care to comment on the latest catalog?

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