RE: The EVP position
Hey Horrible,
I don't have any problems with Doug Holland, he does an excellent job and understands all the issues. In fact, from MY recent direct and on going interaction, I am convinced that he has a much better handle on things than you do or could. I don't want his job, but there are others he has to work with that do need to be changed.
BTW, didn't read about the emu thing on the Internet and wonder what it had to say. Obviously you shop in different markets than my family because the cost was never that high. No, I had friends involved and he told me that the stench I complained about was the proverbial straw. Once the word got out about that, sales plummeted. That was what did him in, not your Australian friend. He simply couldn't sell the stuff. Last I heard folks were turning them loose to roam in the wild - until our local critters made meals of them.
As for your ideas, I already said some of them were great but it was the stench of the collateral damage that you would cause that was unacceptable. I really wish you stop the whining and crying because you are not getting your way again.