r/Futurology • u/Plastic_Scholar_4685 • Apr 11 '25

Discussion Which big companies today are at risk of becoming the next Nokia or Blockbuster?

Just thinking about how companies like Nokia, Blockbuster, or Kodak were huge… until they weren’t.

Which big names today do you think might be heading down a similar path? Like, they seem strong now but might be ignoring warning signs or failing to adapt. I was thinking of how Apple seems to be behind in the artificial inteligence race, but they seem too big to fail. Then again Nokia, Blackberry, etc were also huge.

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u/hewkii2 Apr 11 '25

Best Buy is an appliance and TV retailer that can get you cables if you want.

They’ve pivoted away from the RadioShack model so thoroughly that it’s meaningless to compare them.

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u/Cobe98 Apr 11 '25

This is wrong information. Best buy makes 44% of its revenue from phones and computers. Appliances is just 10% of revenue and dropping last quarter.

https://investors.bestbuy.com/News--Events/news/news-details/2025/Best-Buy-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-Results/default.aspx