Australian Members - Page 1455

5 years ago, ties were still made in Como, Italy. When they shifted production to Tunisia, I kept an open mind, hoping that things wouldn't change.

Unfortunately, quality took a turn for the worse, and now we have woven ties that do not last (the stitching on mine came loose after about 5 wears) and print ties that coil up like slinkies when unfurled to full length (as if the thread holding the tie together is somehow too short and tight).

I wouldn't know.

Just saw that....hahah!  Trust you to notice that fine detail.  

Australia!
You're standing in it.

Geesh this makes me laugh.  What a circus.  Seems the in patients at the institutions have been let loose, including those form DJs.  As an exercise in project management and stockholder value creation, this is a FAIL. What a laughing stock this has been.  Harvey (online own goal) Norman... whats left to say really.  

I wrote an analyst report on HVN back in June/July when it was trading at 1.96. What a joke of a company. Old management stuck in the 20th century. It was hard finding anything good that warranted an investment in the company. It was trading at book value. I am suprised no one has bought it out and just sold the assets? Now it is down at $1.815.

Poor project management at it's best. How they failed to predictive model the effect increased traffic would have on their servers is beyond me. Whichever company ran Click Frenzy really needs to either; hire people with IT strategy/database management and sysadmin skills or contract it out to Consultants if they want to continue trading as a going concern.

The sad thing is that a company probably exists which would effectively run a very successful Click Frenzy campaign but won't get the opportunity as retailers are even more jaded than before.

fxh's gag about the hand ... job was well played. Really well played. LOL.

Michael - as you know HN - well Gerry Harvey -( I don't know their exact structure - I suspect Gerry and his missus have neatly put the solid assets in their name and the liabilities in the shareholders name) - is slightly valuable because of the land and buildings. Mostly in good big box areas. But the whole franchise model is very rickety and his retail model is more old skool than Myers etc. Its only a matter of time.

If Bunnings/Officeworks move into big box household - and it would be an easy move - he'll be talking* to KordaMentha before you can say dodgy racing industry or import tax.

edit:: and bleating all over a compliant media about unfair treatment - GST/imports customers, government etc

LOL I was just shit stirring.. Collar gap seems to be one of those things that will happen to everyone at some point or another.

A bit like this gem from Oscar Wilde: "No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly."

Power Retail, the company behind Click Frenzy, post an article about how damaging online retail is to the envrionment; http://www.powerretail.com.au/operations/the-environmental-impact-of-online-retail/

Yes, because the carbon footprint of developing a retail store with a parking lot and associated power costs is much more sustainable than servers running.

The wait time on burgundy calf Alden tassels was going to be longer than I was willing to wait, so I opted for brown.

I'll be receiving these soon.



Does anyone know what method of postage BB use? USPS? UPS? DHL?

Gents, just came across this after the director of the film started following me on twitter. Might kick in a few bucks and see how it turns out.

 

http://menoftheclothfilm.com/

 

And here is the kickstarter campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1508357355/men-of-the-cloth-humble-men-who-make-exalted-cloth

 

No affiliation with the movie from my end in case any one was wondering.

Not sure what they use but it is very fast. My stuff always comes after 3 days.

Hi TBM,

 

THey've always used FedEx when I've ordered from them. Best they've done is 3 days to my door.