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What are some notable blunders in history that resulted in huge loss? (lemmy.ml)

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Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not familiar with this story, could you give some details?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Empty stores, somehow, store managers had a perverse incentive to keep store inventory levels low. Their prices were really high as well. A rushed SAP implementation meant that executives didn't have enough insight into business operations. You can read more here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Canada