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Hell Has Frozen Over

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:19 am
by hobie16
Sliding sales spur Heelys to roll out wheel-less shoe

"inventory management issues,"

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/ ... 50341/1071

Re: Hell Has Frozen Over

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:41 am
by I LUV Chip
YIPEE!!! Oh thank goodness I hate those things. LOL I'm just thrilled that my 12 year old never asked for a pair. He tries to figure out how to trip the kids with heelies without getting in trouble. :rolleyes: He is such his father's child.

Re: Hell Has Frozen Over

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 12:25 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
I think that enough people who control the "purse strings" have beceome fed up with them, and are not allowing their kids to get them!!

so sad, too bad, bye bye!!!

hehehe

Re: Hell Has Frozen Over

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 12:33 pm
by hobie16
GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:have beceome fed up with them
Nope. Just another fad fading out. If you read the article you'll see Heelys wants to get into another fad business segment but they face entrenched competitors.

Re: Hell Has Frozen Over

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 12:52 pm
by hhsrat
hobie16 wrote:Hell Has Frozen Over
The Lions won the Super Bowl?

Re: Hell Has Frozen Over

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 1:08 pm
by hobie16
hhsrat wrote:The Lions won the Super Bowl?
The Niners have a quarterback?

Bring back Eddie D.!!

Re: Hell Has Frozen Over

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:10 pm
by Ms. Matterhorn
Chicago Cubs win the World Series?

Re: Hell Has Frozen Over

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:30 pm
by Syndrome
I LUV Chip wrote:YIPEE!!! Oh thank goodness I hate those things. LOL I'm just thrilled that my 12 year old never asked for a pair. He tries to figure out how to trip the kids with heelies without getting in trouble. :rolleyes: He is such his father's child.
If you ever wanna give that kid away, send him over here. Sounds like he'd be a perfect fit in my family!

Re: Hell Has Frozen Over

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:15 pm
by hobie16
Skechers offers to buy Heelys for $142.8 million

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsN ... 813?rpc=44

Short Skechers.

Re: Hell Has Frozen Over

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:37 am
by Purpura
If they mix the colors and stuff, that'll be one ugly wheeled monster shoe *yukface*