Check this out - this is a mix of CNN and Inc magazine coverage about store closures and 10,000 layoffs were managed by Sam's and WM... It's bad...
PR people should know that the news about Sam's Club closing would hit the papers (so to speak) and they should have released a statement first. As CNN reports:
"This is a fantastic example of a company just not realizing exactly how quickly information travels," said Ed Zitron, founder of the media relations company EZPR.
Executives may have figured that by not announcing the store closures, they could bury the news, he said.
"They're trying to pull the wool over people's eyes," he said. "They just made a rapid miscalculation."
Personally, I'm going to blame HR for this one.
Nothing more to add here....
Source:
https://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/sams-club-walmart-face-a-pr-disaster-caused-by-bad-hr.html