Acushnet bought by fila-korea

[varsityhacker]

[quote name='daniel32293' timestamp='1306855897' post='3274874']
i will never wear anything titleist or buy anything titleist if they put a fila logo on it... fila is the laughing stock of american products only scums wear fila i will refuse to put forth any money if fila starts incorporating itself with titleist and footjoy on its products
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I don't know what you are talking about but I love me some Chick-fila.

[Tailgate]

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[quote name='daniel32293' timestamp='1306855897' post='3274874']
i will never wear anything titleist or buy anything titleist if they put a fila logo on it... fila is the laughing stock of american products only scums wear fila i will refuse to put forth any money if fila starts incorporating itself with titleist and footjoy on its products
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I don't know what you are talking about but I love me some Chick-fila.
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WTH?

[varsityhacker]

[quote name='Tailgate' timestamp='1307022764' post='3279706']
[quote name='varsityhacker' timestamp='1306956599' post='3277943']
[quote name='daniel32293' timestamp='1306855897' post='3274874']
i will never wear anything titleist or buy anything titleist if they put a fila logo on it... fila is the laughing stock of american products only scums wear fila i will refuse to put forth any money if fila starts incorporating itself with titleist and footjoy on its products
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I don't know what you are talking about but I love me some Chick-fila.
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WTH?
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It's called humor.

[vanjay]

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[quote name='Par Fore' timestamp='1300845219' post='3079360']
I wish Bridgestone would get into the mix, I mean they have the resources to eat nike and crap TMAG. They already have a huge following in Asia with Tourstage and even though B-stone has awsome equipment here they are still a little unknow, scooping up Acushent would be a great way to make headway in the US market, it that is what they want to do.
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Not going to happen. The number of ball patents they would own combining their own and Acushnet's would trigger the anti-trust alarm - game over.
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[vanjay]

ANTI-TRUST LAWS WILL NOT COME INTO PLAY IN THE TITLEIST SALE AND ACQUISITIONS.

"Antitrust Monopolization" occurs when one firm deliberately destroys or impairs its rivals, so that it can acquire "monopoly power" over a particular line of goods or services that it sells. Monopoly power means the power to raise prices or reduce output for an indefinite duration without fear of being undersold by a rival who can offer a substitute good or service. A wily monopolist might choose to implement policies or practices whose ostensible purpose is to improve its offerings, but whose calculated effect and real purpose are to impose prohibitive burdens or costs on smaller, vulnerable rivals so that they can no longer compete against it.

Not every instance of monopoly power is unlawful. Some firms acquire it by superior skill or from fortuitous circumstance. It is a violation of antitrust laws, however, for one firm to employ measures whose purpose is to destroy its rivals so that it can acquire or preserve monopoly power over a certain line of goods or services for which there is no readily available substitute, which isn't the case in the Titleist situation.

To prove monopolization, it is usually necessary to prove the "relevant product and geographic market" in which the monopolization is alleged to have occurred. A claimant seeking relief for alleged monopolization must therefore establish the proper "definition" of the relevant market, and then demonstrate that (1) the alleged monopolist indeed possesses monopoly power in this market; (2) the monopolist acquired or preserved its monopoly position by employing exclusionary or anti-competitive practices that excluded its rivals from the market; and (3) the claimant suffered proximate losses in direct consequence of the anti-competitive exclusion. A claimant can be a wrongly excluded competitor, a suffering customer, or class representative of suffering customers ([i]i.e[/i]., customers who have been obliged to submit to higher prices or other commercial disadvantages).

It is likewise an offense for two firms to conspire together to monopolize a given market or line of commerce, or for a firm to attempt to monopolize a market or line of commerce. Attempted monopolization occurs when a firm employs "predatory practices" by which it aims to destroy rivals and acquire monopoly power, but only if there exists a "dangerous probability" that it will succeed in the endeavor unless it is checked by the antitrust laws. It would be impossible to show "predatory practices" in this situation. If you want to research it further, monopolization offenses are set forth in Section 2 of the Sherman Anttrust Act.

[Pepperturbo]

Acquisitions such as this, where the new owners say, they will keep management in place, and not affect company culture - traditionally do so for 18 months to two years, so as to not face a mass exodus of key personal. They want time to get their arms around the operations key P&L points. Mark my words - What Titleist has been to American golf is going to change, and not in a pleasing way; as the Asians impart their culture, including management style.