Too bad for the guys that worked there. Anyone who has lost a job in that way, know it blows. I lost 2 jobs that way in the past several years.
I am not a TCO fan. When they moved to this area with the spruce creek store, and the state college store, they were very vocal that they would put Spruce Creek Outfitters, and Flyfishers Paradise out of business. It didnt happen, as the TCO spruce creek closed last year. I understand the shop closed in the same way. Actually, the rumor in the area is that Donny Beaver walked into the shop and told them they were closing. Not sure if it's true....
When you combine their cocky attitude, with the fact their employees knew very little about our fisheries compared to the locally owned shops, on top of that there's the all that high end merchandise they have trouble selling which is a liability (not an asset).... you've got a recipe for a closed shop.
That shop in carlisle was open for quite a while before TCO got their hands on it, and it seemed to do well.
post edited by thedrake - 2009/01/10 20:42:22