Talk:Ottakar's

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 * Ottakar's was highly regarded in the book trade for its creative, enthusiastic booksellers and the company enjoyed an extremely low staff turnover. Central to Ottakar's success was the charismatic leadership of James Heneage, whose intelligent, eccentric and unpretentious management style was a contrast to the more corporate, centralised approach of chains like Waterstone's. Morale in Ottakar's was so good that one PR company described the company as "more like a religious cult than a business".


 * Ottakar's was also very popular with book buyers. The bright, colourful stores, friendly staff and award-winning children's sections clearly belonged to the Ottakar's chain, but each shop had its own distinctly local flavour. When HMV first launched a bid to buy Ottakar's in the autumn of 2005, the Office of Fair Trading received its largest ever number of public objections.


 * The Office of Fair Trading was due to decide whether to approve the buyout of Ottakar's by Waterstone's on 2 December 2005. On 6 December the OFT referred the case to the Competition Commission, apparently due to the high level of public concern that a merger would harm customers, authors, suppliers and employees.


 * Most Ottakar's managers decided to remain when Waterstone's took over the chain, but within two years, over 60% had left.

I feel this text was justifiably removed. Please do not change the article until we can establish a consesus over these statements. There seems to be a persistent editing of this article from those with a WP:COI, as these statements do not seem to follow the standards for citing sources or verifiability, and create an article without a neutral point of view. The initial revert was unjustified. It did not follow the guidelines for reverting pages. Ruokasi (talk) 23:26, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Managers Quit
I just added cite needed tag to mention of Ottakar managers resignations. The only reference i could find was which is a blog and should not be used as a reference. Buster Seven   Talk  16:01, 17 April 2011 (UTC)