At this time the board and I have agreed that it is in the best interest of the company for new leadership to step forward so that our turnaround plan has the best possible chance to succeed, as I know it will.
"David J. Edmondson" is an United States/American businessman. He is the founder and CEO of E-Recycling Corps, an enterprise engaged in the collection, refurbishment and global redistribution of used wireless devices. Edmondson also founded EasySale, Inc in 2007, an internet-based consignment and liquidation company based in Arlington, Texas. Edmondson was Chief Executive Officer of RadioShack from 2005 to 2006 until he resigned for lying on his resume. Edmondson is also the co-inventor of two US patents.
More David Edmondson on Wikipedia.We drove strong sales in satellite radio, MP3 players, and digital imaging _ three of the categories on which we focused our resources the most during the holiday season. Sales results were higher in these low-margin non-wireless categories; however, we also experienced lower sales in high-margin categories.
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We have made significant progress in executing our improvement initiatives this year, yet it's clear that we need to move much faster, more aggressively and with more urgency to enhance company performance.
The most profitable categories of the business saw a sales decline in the fourth quarter. We saw very significant low-margin category growth, but frankly the dollars were simply not large enough in terms of gross profit dollars to offset the other things that were happening in the business.
We believe that the company's strategy is sound. But we must move at a much faster pace with a greater sense of urgency. The poor fourth quarter performance caused us to take a much deeper look at the state of our business and resulted in the launch of a turnaround plan.
We believe that the company's strategy is sound. But we must move at a much faster pace with a greater sense of urgency, and that is what necessitates our turnaround plan.
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