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Somewhere along the line, as the Coop grew into the sprawling department store that it is today, the once-attractive prices grew higher and higher. Now, almost anything on sale in the Coop can be found elsewhere for a substantially lower price...
...this happened? The recent recession has certainly not helped matters. New England merchants have been hit hard, and the Coop is no exception...
...Coop has tried to become a department store for the city of Cambridge and has failed to focus on the needs of students. In doing so, the Coop has sustained heavy financial losses, which have hurt students further by virtually eliminating the rebate...
...high time for the Coop to return to its original mission--to provide members with the goods they need, at low cost. Based on recent experience, focusing on student needs will lead to higher profits--and larger rebates...
Perhaps the Coop's managers feel that increased business with non-members would boost profits, thus also boosting members' rebates. While this is theoretically a good strategy, it does not seem to be working. It is time for the Coop to trim some of its dead weight, and eliminate chronically unprofitable departments...