Polaris bought 509 today......

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whitedust

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Plenty of bucks to buy any good small company but no where as big as Yamaha.lol Knowing Polaris luv of 4s sleds I think not .lol :)
 
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ezra

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still don't get why poo bought a marketing/rebranding comp . one that has totally saturated the market as it is with not a ton of room to move in to new markets. what do they get that they don't already have a warehouse few trucks and a new china connection
 
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elf

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ezra said:
still don't get why poo bought a marketing/rebranding comp . one that has totally saturated the market as it is with not a ton of room to move in to new markets. what do they get that they don't already have a warehouse few trucks and a new china connection
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I think theres stil room to grow that market thru taking market share from competitors. I was mentioning to my wife this last weekend while we were out riding that when I first bought my Klim gear back in 04 it was very rare to see other people out there with Klim gear. Now dang near everybody I see has Klim gear on. So while the total market hasn't probably grown they've certainly taken market share from their competitors.
 
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whitedust

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elf said:
I think theres stil room to grow that market thru taking market share from competitors. I was mentioning to my wife this last weekend while we were out riding that when I first bought my Klim gear back in 04 it was very rare to see other people out there with Klim gear. Now dang near everybody I see has Klim gear on. So while the total market hasn't probably grown they've certainly taken market share from their competitors.
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You are jsut noticing Klim there is plenty of other brands out there too.
 
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ezra

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yeah there are still a few gas stations that don't carry 509 yet guess they could expand to them .they deff exploded on to the scene and grew fast I just don't see many other markets to grow in to . I like there product have been using them about 5/6 yrs when they were pretty new I was given a set at a dealer show . have 3 pr they are good but I also really like the pr of trippel 9 I got last yr .
just dont see much more room for USA expansion but then I am not a sales forecaster
 
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brad460

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Doesn't seem like the best idea...take a sled brand neutral product and make it Polaris...technically that could cut out a significant chunk of their customer base, no?
 
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caged_beagle

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brad460 said:
Doesn't seem like the best idea...take a sled brand neutral product and make it Polaris...technically that could cut out a significant chunk of their customer base, no?
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^^^^^^Proof that most of the public still doesn't know that Poo owns KLIM. Just because they own does not mean they need to "brand" it.

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elf

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whitedust said:
You are jsut noticing Klim there is plenty of other brands out there too.
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Sure there are but it used to be I'd see 1-2 people per day in klim gear. Now I see1-2 people in each group Definitelya lot more people wearing it
 
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Hoosier

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I get why Poo bought Klim and Timbersled, as they are market leaders, but my understanding is 509 just rebrands helmets made by someone else.

One nice thing about Poo buying Klim is Poo makes jackets and bibs with gore-tex again. Those will be good buys once they go on clearance - klim stuff never seems to be on clearance...
 
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whitedust

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Idk I ride Yamaha and wear a doo mod helmet but jus a little brp logo. If good product and branding subtle could be horizontal market.
 
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sweeperguy

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1fujifilm said:
I heard Fleet Farm was bought out by a New York company, is that true?
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Pretty sure it is true I heard it on the morning news not sure for how much but I think I heard in the Billions thought it sounded high. But maybe not pretty huge company. Thought I heard at one time one of the largest family owned companys in the country
 
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ezra

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elf said:
Sure there are but it used to be I'd see 1-2 people per day in klim gear. Now I see1-2 people in each group Definitelya lot more people wearing it
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that is because there rema stuff is just starting to wear out lol . but seriously my wife still has her rema bibs they are still in great shape .

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whitedust said:
Idk I ride Yamaha and wear a doo mod helmet but jus a little brp logo. If good product and branding subtle could be horizontal market.
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u know who use to make a lot of the Yamaha gear ? I have a old set of yammi gloves and a coat manufactured by klim .

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sweeperguy said:
Pretty sure it is true I heard it on the morning news not sure for how much but I think I heard in the Billions thought it sounded high. But maybe not pretty huge company. Thought I heard at one time one of the largest family owned companys in the country
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I hope the only change they make is a walk in freezer in every store full of pizza and red meat . then it will truly be a 1stop shop for guy trips . I love the man mall
 
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