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Rob

PS. I never really took much notice of Wedgewood's Jasperware before ...but I quite like some of the designs.








Yeah,

they have done very well in the past decade -- for a while Swarovski crystal seemed to be everywhere!

It is the traditional skills used to make the very special luxury goods that risk being lost ...that is sad.

Matt530i

Both the Wedgewood and Rosentahal brands will survive, someone will buy the brands in receivership and relaunch them. Whittard Tea went belly-up a month or so ago and are continuing business after managment (or a private equity firm, I forget which) bought the brand and assets from the bankruptcy administrator.

Honestly, this is what needs to happen with the US automakers. Go through bankruptcy to remove/renegotiate their legacy costs and relaunch as leaner more nimble companies.