Team Best Buy?

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited June 2010 in Pro race
Will The Shack survive a takeover?

http://www.versus.com/blogs/wheel-sucki ... -best-buy/
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    edited June 2010
    More to the point will the shack survive the season.. Seems Horner already wanting to jump ship
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    It'll be interesting to see what Armstrong does in August. The sponsor is on board for 2011 and I'm sure there will be a contract that means they can't pull out just because of a takeover.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    The rumours are getting stronger.

    Centaurus Capital also mentioned as possible buyer.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    Radioshack has certainly used the Armstrong link very well.

    The company's profile is the most attractive its been in a long time -- a lot of TV spots and the stores look much better than they used too. Of course, most people have been in one of the stores since 1979.

    As Gekko said in Wall Street -- "dump it."
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    Kléber wrote:
    It'll be interesting to see what Armstrong does in August. The sponsor is on board for 2011 and I'm sure there will be a contract that means they can't pull out just because of a takeover.

    I know it's a different situation, but XL going bust when they were sponsoring West Ham a few years ago is something to consider
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Bakunin wrote:
    Radioshack has certainly used the Armstrong link very well.

    No they haven't. The ads have been horrible and clearly from someone who has no idea who/what Lance is/about. The guy is constantly on twitter, tied to his crackberry, his kids communicate with him via web cam, he's got tons of websites, they use GPS, etc. ALL things Radioshack sells. Yet nowhere in ANY of their ads did they have Lance doing/using/talking about any of those things.
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    donrhummy wrote:
    Bakunin wrote:
    Radioshack has certainly used the Armstrong link very well.

    No they haven't. The ads have been horrible and clearly from someone who has no idea who/what Lance is/about. The guy is constantly on twitter, tied to his crackberry, his kids communicate with him via web cam, he's got tons of websites, they use GPS, etc. ALL things Radioshack sells. Yet nowhere in ANY of their ads did they have Lance doing/using/talking about any of those things.

    Call us when the space shuttle lands -- you're clueless.

    Prior to LA, Radioshack was never on TV -- it had no image, spokesperson, or entry point to any market. The texas cowboy has changed that -- just like what he has done with Michelob Ultra, something that was once described as Chickelob.

    Traditionally, Radioshack sold junk to people who still listen to 8 track tapes. (I'm assuming you are one of them.)

    And you don't pay attention to the spots -- because in a glass case next to the doper, what does it contain -- iphones and all the junk you mention. Stop looking at Lance, all the toys are there.
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    The Lance effect?

    http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=RSH+ ... =undefined

    It is not about selling the toys, but the value of the shares. It seems that Lance has helped.

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