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Offline Wesley Myers

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Bad News for Playmobil in Canada?
« on: February 02, 2011, 04:27:45 »
Today I had a long talk with a shop owner in Canada about Playmobil.  Some of the news was very discouraging.  Apparently there is a new CEO of Playmobil in Canada and she is not supposed to be a very nice person.  Her authoritarian style of management apparently includes firing of staff seemingly on a whim and the cancellation of a sellers contract immediately if they are a day late with a payment.  Her management style is retaining and attracting those with similar ethics while driving away those who are not as cut-throat.  I could go on from what I was told, but this alone sounds bad enough ...
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Offline Bill Blackhurst

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Re: Bad News for Playmobil in Canada?
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2011, 04:32:07 »
Oh no! That doesn't sound good! I hope that changes fast!
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Re: Bad News for Playmobil in Canada?
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2011, 04:38:39 »
so what now Canada is in the same boat as US as far as how things are run in questionable manners .

I hope Playmobil restores what made them great, smart business moves from Mr. B

This to me does not seem smart. 
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Re: Bad News for Playmobil in Canada?
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2011, 06:20:55 »
At this rate pretty soon Playmobil may not have a bricks and mortar presence in North America. My local stockist still hadn't received any 2011 catalogues or product as of last week. Go on treating your sellers badly and pretty soon nobody is going to want to stock Playmobil at all.  :(
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Re: Bad News for Playmobil in Canada?
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2011, 06:26:34 »
This is bad news indeed...  :uhoh:
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Re: Bad News for Playmobil in Canada?
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2011, 13:42:15 »
That does indeed sound discouraging  :uhoh: Good management is very important.....hopefully upper management will notice lower numbers due to new management and make positive changes  :eh?: One can hope  :prays:
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Offline Tiermann

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Re: Bad News for Playmobil in Canada?
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2011, 15:55:03 »
Glazz was talking about how unhelpful the current US rep for Washington is. He requested catalogs to give away at the Seattle show where there were hundreds of kids and got nothing. She (the rep) doesn't seem to have good relations with the retailers in her region either.
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Re: Bad News for Playmobil in Canada?
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2011, 02:57:58 »
Oh no....Why is it that these idiots end up in high positions. One of Playmobil strengh, at least from what I have seen when dealing directly with thjem, has benn the good customer service they offer....Some people are just stupid.

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Re: Bad News for Playmobil in Canada?
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2011, 01:26:02 »
Quote from: Wesley Myers on February 02, 2011, 04:27:45
Today I had a long talk with a shop owner in Canada about Playmobil.  Some of the news was very discouraging.  Apparently there is a new CEO of Playmobil in Canada and she is not supposed to be a very nice person.  Her authoritarian style of management apparently includes firing of staff seemingly on a whim and the cancellation of a sellers contract immediately if they are a day late with a payment.  Her management style is retaining and attracting those with similar ethics while driving away those who are not as cut-throat.  I could go on from what I was told, but this alone sounds bad enough ...

I hope you don't mind...I took the liberty to share thsi info on LG.

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Offline Bill Blackhurst

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Re: Bad News for Playmobil in Canada?
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2011, 02:27:29 »
I wish we could do something through the PCC to warrant an investigation to make relations better to start more outlets of Playmobil opposed to losing more & more.
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