I think at least a third of consumers that previously bought her products will abandon the brand. A number higher than that means the brand is dead.

[The two executives are also swapping territories. Menzer, 54, will take over the U.S. business after serving as chief executive officer of Wal-Mart International. Duke, 55, will run the international division after heading Wal-Mart Stores U.S. A.] It’s interesting they flipped the jobs, ... They want the future CEO to have experience on the domestic and international side equally. It may be that Wal-Mart looks at the international side as equal to the U.S.

[The two executives are also swapping territories. Menzer, 54, will take over the U.S. business after serving as chief executive officer of Wal-Mart International. Duke, 55, will run the international division after heading Wal-Mart Stores U.S. A.] It’s interesting they flipped the jobs, ... They want the future CEO to have experience on the domestic and international side equally. It may be that Wal-Mart looks at the international side as equal to the U.S.

I would say that the first quarter of next year probably has already been doomed by this episode,

[They] say that they're going to give their child a mutual fund contribution or some kind of gift through a stock investment.

Gift cards are becoming an easier gift to give. Of course, nobody ever returned cash, either.