Scumbag Tom or not, he is not the one running the stores.
It is this retired jerk Norm and the members of the Hacketts clan, Pat and Julie. It is those three who took 500,000 each, CASH, and now they dont give a darn about the stores.
Blame Scumbag Tom all you want, but put the blame where it really belongs, on the head and shoulders of Norm the destroyer and his two co-horts, Pat and Julie. They are the reall crooks here.