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Rossi cuts 30% of employees!

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know
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http://www.sportsonesource.com/news/spec/spec_article.asp?section=8&Prod=2&id=27621

Cut most of their pros earlier this winter and now a ton of employees. You know with so many people in this country loosing their jobs these days there is going to be even less people next year able to afford an $80 lift ticket and new gear. That's probably what they're preparing for so there's probably going to be even more team & employee cuts by other companies soon so they can survive the bad economy.

Apr 27 2009 9:42AM
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Oli_jgb
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sorry "bandaid" (us english)
Apr 29 2009 1:41PM
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Malczyk
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making good skis or not, the fact is we're in a recession, so cuts have to be made by everyone, marketing budgets and the amount of product being produced has been inflated for too long and its time to get back to reality. the economic crisis is not fake, shops are going out of business every day.  when a family has to choose between new skis or food, food wins every time. And if 450 jobs is only 30% of your workforce, you've got too many people working for your company.
Apr 29 2009 2:04PM
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Jballz
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thats a volkl ski. and ski companies don't make any money off their race stock skis. thats why k2 dosnt make race skis anymore.
Apr 29 2009 4:55PM
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Malczyk
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http://www.sportsonesource.com/news/article_home.asp?Prod=1§ion=1&id=27731  here is the latest changes in Rossi's North American management. Congrats to Matt Rihm for being the SUPER TM! He came from the east and is a great dude.
May 4 2009 2:18PM
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nickyp
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hahaha , love it.

I understood you.
May 4 2009 2:20PM
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railsldr1242
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everyone buy rossignols, they'll have to hire them all back right
May 4 2009 4:21PM
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Oli_jgb
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thank god someone did!
May 5 2009 5:31AM
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Silence
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Have a guess at when they needed to start planning for ski production in 2008.

Stock/inventory control and sales forecasting is probably the single hardest index a ski company needs to deal with. ANd inventory handling costs generally make up no less than around 60% expenses in the case of production companies.

If a company has a bad year, it can take 2-3 years to properly recover, not to mention the limited window of opportunity for sales (it's not like there is a 12 month constant sales cycle)

I'm not disputing your point, but for any company to accurately forecast OVERALL ski demand for 2008 would need a crystal ball..core companies like armada who offer only a single stream of products had a far more reliable set of forecasts because (in my opinion) the newschool market is in many ways quite sheltered from this economic issue, compared to the average joe weekend ski consumer.
May 5 2009 6:32AM
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blindside
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ahahah I see what you did there..
May 5 2009 9:27AM
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skodeo7
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Hell yea! Rihm is the fucking man! Congrats to him for the promotion. PK is the shit though and did a lot of good things with Rossi. Couldn't be more stoked for Rihm though, VT represent!
May 5 2009 9:29AM
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antwone
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too durable?
i ski rossignol too, i broke tons of shitty bindings and i my skis are always done after a year maximum but i still love it
May 5 2009 10:04AM
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vtrider
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Thanks Dunk!  Hard work pays off kiddies!  once a lil guy on ns, now a TM!  Workin my way up suckas!
May 5 2009 3:30PM
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GreatWhiteNorth
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WORD UP TO P.K madddd respect for that guy.
Owe huge Thanks for the great couple years, all the hook ups and lessons.
Real stoked to work with Matt in the future, met him at U.S open a couple years back, He is real chill.
just thought Id give a shout out to mr. kaye since he was mentioned.
P.S nice work wit tha vids Dunk. hope to shred with you soon brotha
May 5 2009 4:33PM
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jerad
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OMG are you a ski industry insider?!?!
May 5 2009 5:31PM
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mtsteez03
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fuck this economy this shit sux! the company i work for laid of 70% of our workers thank god i kept my job
May 5 2009 5:34PM
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papasteeze
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your karma needs to be higher.  solid post.
May 5 2009 6:24PM
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gillahouse10
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I skied for rossignol for 3 years from 05-08, The one thing I did see was they had some great people working for them, Paddy, Jason, Tyler, and Matty. the problem was that the freeride team was always fighting for budget and support, and it would all go to the racers. You have to ask your self what is worong with this company,WHy couldnt they hang on to their allstars after TANNER HALL, X games Champion.....Left Rossignol. Candide Thovex, Left after winning X games. ANd Andreas Hatviet, Left after winning X games. Rossignol is a company that is not fully comitted to freeride skiing, and I hope one day, they will support freeride as much as racing and They need to hang on to thier skiers for longer............

Matty will def help that go in the right direction, but im afraid he still doesn't have enough power to make that happen...only time will tell, and I hope only the best for them
May 5 2009 6:43PM
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i.am.a.skier.
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that sucks, rossi makes pretty good shit

the racetiger hahaha

May 5 2009 6:48PM
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Mr.Huck
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Wow congrats.  Don't forget to ski some too.
May 5 2009 10:46PM
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Mr.Huck
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I 2nd that. Also a couple of years back all the manufacturers were getting it wrong the other way.  2006 I was trying to buy some Head MT Mojos.  They were completely sold out by October.   I know it's not great for Rossi, but the fact that somebody made too many pairs of skis last year is kind or refreshing.  I'd love to have more guys who know more about the industry weigh in on how we got to this point.  I mean it's not like skis have gone down in price, and now that everything is being manufactured in China, costs have to have come down somewhat.  Are the big names losing that much market share to the upstarts.  I guess some of them don't fit into that category anymore, but still.  How is Rossi not profitable even in a shitty economy?  I would think that a big source of revenue is rental shops.  Are they just not replacing their rentals right now?  I'd just like to understand the numbers a little better.  Anybody want to  help.  Thx.
May 5 2009 11:08PM
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jibtastic
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Rossi is a bunch of tools.
May 6 2009 12:03AM
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May 6 2009 1:23AM
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loveyoursneakers
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Shame where having a recesion. Just greedy people really.
May 6 2009 6:50AM
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