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Re: Who Makes our Lawn and Garden Equipment?

To: Rush <jdrush@enter.net>
Subject: Re: Who Makes our Lawn and Garden Equipment?
From: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:45:57 -0500
On 10/31/06, Rush <jdrush@enter.net> wrote:
>
> Surprise, it's Husqvarna!
>  From this page:
> <http://corporate.husqvarna.com/index.php?p=about&s=in_brief&afw_lang=en>
>
> Quote:
> The brands in Forestry and Lawn and garden are Husqvarna, Jonsered,
> Flymo, McCulloch, Partner, Poulan, Poulan Pro and Weed Eater.
> End Quote.
>
>  From this page:
> 
><http://corporate.husqvarna.com/index.php?p=about&s=organization&t=consumer&u=north_america&afw_lang=en>
> Quote:
> The Sears retail chain is Husqvarna's largest customer. Sears is the
> world's largest retailer of outdoor consumer products, under the
> Craftsman brand, and has a market share of approximately 30% in the US.
> End Quote.
>
> So I answered my own question; Craftsman chainsaws are Huskies.
>

While that may be true today, it may not be next year.  And it may not
have been true in the past.  ( I don't know how long husqvarna has
been making them for sears. )  Sears has a tendency to change
suppliers when it suits them, usually because it's cheaper.

-- 
David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com




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