Xerox, once a business icon, is about to disappear — take heed, Amazon and Google
It was not so long ago that one could count on certain familiar guideposts of business: Xerox was the dominant provider of office equipment, Sears the biggest retailer, General Electric the leading manufacturer of, well, almost everything, and you couldn't take a photograph without Kodak.
This world is on the verge of major change. Xerox is about to disappear into Japan's Fujifilm, its longtime joint venture partner in Fuji Xerox. The parent company of Sears, after years of declining sales, store closings, and generally disappearing presence in the marketplace, last year told investors that "substantial doubt exists" about its ability to survive. Since 2010, the company has shrunk from 3,500 Sears locations to fewer than 600.
General Electric is on the verge of getting kicked out of
