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B&O would listen to potential buyer of company
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Could we all club together and buy the company? 👍
Could we all club together and buy the company? 👍
Probably
predictable, and predicted here before.
Not all buyers are created equal - Apple buying them would be very different from some opportunistic investor with limited track record in the space.
Not clear why any of the big tech companies would actually even buy B&O? What would they be getting exactly that they need?
This article doesn’t really tell us anything new. As a public company B&O is obliged to listen to offers/enquiries if they appear genuine. That’s all part of being a listed company. The directors have to act in the interests of shareholders.
Not clear why any of the big tech companies would actually even buy B&O? What would they be getting exactly that they need?
Possibly a few trademarked inventions/ideas, but are there many of these left?
I've been involved with a few big company buyouts in the past and they nearly always end in tears. The company buying tends to want a small part of the company and often splits it up or sells off various parts.
It's very rare for a company to buy another company 100% and simply keep it 'as is'.
Not clear why any of the big tech companies would actually even buy B&O? What would they be getting exactly that they need?
Possibly a few trademarked inventions/ideas, but are there many of these left?
I've been involved with a few big company buyouts in the past and they nearly always end in tears. The company buying tends to want a small part of the company and often splits it up or sells off various parts.
It's very rare for a company to buy another company 100% and simply keep it 'as is'.
About the only time I can recall that in audio was with McIntosh, which thankfully is still acting like McIntosh. B&O has forgotten how to be B&O, and I doubt any company buying them, especially a Chinese holding company, knows how to be B&O either sadly.
Just an off the cuff observation, I recently purchased a new car that has a B&O branded/Harman audio system in it. It sounds identical to all the other three Harman car systems in cars I drove, from Harman branded, to Revel branded. Harman has homogenized all of the brands to sound the same, the only thing different is the dashboard brand name logo.
Not clear why any of the big tech companies would actually even buy B&O? What would they be getting exactly that they need?
Possibly a few trademarked inventions/ideas, but are there many of these left?
I've been involved with a few big company buyouts in the past and they nearly always end in tears. The company buying tends to want a small part of the company and often splits it up or sells off various parts.
It's very rare for a company to buy another company 100% and simply keep it 'as is'.
Hasn't that already happened in part!
B&O would make a good 'Halo Brand' for someone like LG.
What's left of the brand name, plus some very good technical people. That's all B&O has to offer from a buyers perspective, unless you're looking to build a huge art- hotel in the middle of nowhere, complete with sheep...
Lee
One cannot go without sheep 😎
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