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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I think in the big picture that really won't amount to very much at all. If Hobbico is to survive their financial crisis they must look to moving their existing model into a different direction. I hate to see it but the
demise of the brick & motor shops certainly isn't helping the Hobbico <span style="font-size: 12pt;">model. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Conversely<span style="font-size: 12pt;">, Horizon has taken the business directly to the customer as well as, in part supporting the local shops. Successful or not it's the model they're using. </span></p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org> on behalf of Jon Lowe via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hobbico Chapter 11????</font>
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<div dir="auto">I read the article Mike Mueller linked to, and they said increased competition was part of the problem, but one of the fixes they tried was increasing prices. Ironic.
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<div dir="auto">Other than closing the Nevada distribution center, I didn't see much about streamlining operations, or opening up to more sales channels. One thing that could help would be to open up to smaller hobby suppliers. They require a huge initial order
that smaller shops or specialty firms that don't want or need to carry a complete product line can't deal with. I know of two outfits that are familiar to a lot of us who would love to carry part of the Futaba line to complement other things they sell, but
Hobbico won't wholesale to them. You can't fix stupid.<br>
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<div class="x_gmail_quote">On Jan 11, 2018 2:29 PM, John Pavlick via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<p>It’s just a way to stop the bleeding and bring in new money with either an outright sale of the business or through investors. It’s still not a good sign though. It means you’re too big to support yourself. Unfortunately businesses can’t just print more
money like the Federal Government does… LOL</p>
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<p><b>From:</b> NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 10, 2018 8:33 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hobbico Chapter 11????</p>
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<p><span style="font-family:'arial' ,sans-serif">The short of it.... Chap 11 is restructuring, not liquidation and out of business. So the most likely scenario (short term at least) is profitable proprietary / exclusive product lines will continue and less
profitable ones will go away. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt; color:#575757">Regards,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">From: Michael Cohen via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>>
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<p><span style="color:black">Date: 1/10/18 7:59 PM (GMT-05:00) </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Hobbico Chapter 11???? </span>
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt; color:black">So, just saw Hobbico is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Since they own Tower Hobbies and Great Planes AND are a distributor of many lines in the US, what does this mean?
I still do buy some things that aren't pattern related and even though some is from the Local Hobby Shops, if distribution is gone, what happens then?</span></p>
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