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SpokeApparel Added a comment about slideshow Conference Call: Details Behind the Five Ten Acquisition by adidas

11/12/2011 10:14am
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Wow. 25 million. Based on that figure I assume 5.10 is a 6-8 million dollar company annually (unless the valuation was based on 5 years in stead of 3). In any case, 25 mil would then be a very fair and very hard number to turn down. As a business owner, you need an exit strategy and this one is too sweet to turn down for Charles Cole. Adidas will not "hurt" the brand and I do not foresee it evolving erroneously through them as it might through Nike, Reebok or even Under Armour. Not to mention Cole's team will...
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SpokeApparel Added a comment about video RED BULL FOXHUNT WITH GEE ATHERTON

9/14/2011 2:49pm
Thanks for the Lucas vid. The quality of his work supports the point of my original comment; the independent stuff is dying off. Harder and harder for those guys to make any money at it. Why buy indy vids if there are tons of free vids out there? Sure the free vids are packed with corp. promos, but most don't care about that. It's a great talking point, to say the least.
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SpokeApparel Added a comment about video RED BULL FOXHUNT WITH GEE ATHERTON

9/14/2011 1:13pm
Pretty sure we agree on that Scott. As for my comment earlier: has nothing to do with selling out. I could care less who makes money and who doesn't. I'm just not a fan of commercials. You can't sit there and tell me you enjoy the same Ford Truck commercial 90 times in the same hour during a football game.
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