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Originally Posted by RobJ
Yes it is unfortunate when a major conglomerate like VF Corp that owns the SmartWool brand buys up IceBreaker it doesn't leave much room for the one of the remaining wool brands. I guess in one way you can laud them for not filing brankruptcy in some scheme to appear more attractive to a purchaser ala Niner.
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If you're interested in some of the details, the article from our local paper has a decent write up about some of the issues. I was perusing their site the other day and was thinking to myself they must have a complicated network of raw materials and labor. I think I counted 7 or 8 different combinations of origin of material and location of manufacture, and that was just a small sampling of products.
http://www.vnews.com/IBEX-Outdoor-Cl...ssets-14077205