But perhaps more germanely, the UK's economic malaise shows no signs of being fixed any time soon by the supposed experts in the Bank of England or Treasury, so there may be a case for looking elsewhere for wisdom - and it is no longer eccentric to argue that what went wrong in the financial system was as much ethical as technical.
Day's predecessor had increased the fixed component of store associate compensation, but there have been signs that Day is moving to diminish the fixed component and bolster incentive pay for store associates, particularly for moving higher-margin products like batteries.