Showing that not just anyone can succeed in retail sales

Gateway computers announced that they were closing down the remaining retail stores they have in operation (They closed a bunch down last year, in an attempt to lower costs and get the retail portion profitable) — Of course, if they had actually stocked product in the stores, it might have helped.. they used their stores as showrooms, and customer’s still had to wait and have the product shipped to them. About a year after Apple opened their retail stores, Gateway decided to stock a limited selection of machines in the store.. So, while it sucks for the employees at these stores because they are all losing their jobs by the 9th of April… It does show that specialty retail is not quite as easy as lots of people seem to think.