Who will follow suit?

You dont have to look at the share prices, P/L statements and CEO compensations to ascertain the fate of certain companies, which would have had a difficult time always but the ill-fated economy will expose them and cause them to liquidate or go bankrupt or at the very least — change the fundamentals of how their business operates.

Simple things like customer experience, price points, staff competency, cleanliness of restrooms tell us a big deal about where the company is headed.