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From Great Depression to Nifty Fifty: The Little Known Story About Simplicity Pattern, Part 2
Description
Welcome to Episode 3 of the Preferred Shares Podcast.
Douglas Ott, of Andvari Associates, was the primary researcher for this episode.
In this episode
* Simplicity turns down the huge buyout offer
* Peak price meets peak sales
* Shifting tastes in American fashion
* Corporate raiders smell blood in the water
* The big unwind
* Answering: How to fight obsolescence?
* Takeaways and timeless lessons
Episode resources
Glamour Stocks Under Pressure, New York Times, 8/1/1971
How High Is High? How High Is Safe?, Forbes, 4/15/1972
A Fund Optimist Looks at Stocks, New York Times, 2/5/1973
Nice Troubles, Fortune, 10/1/1973
Market Place: Simplicity Out of Fashion Now, 2/8/1974
A Resurgence in Home Sewing?, New York Times, 5/19/1974
Market Place: Insiders Offer Investing Clues, New York Times, 5/27/1974
Price Rises Set by Uniroyal Tire, New York Times, 8/15/1974
Simplicity Pattern Names Head, New York Times, 10/11/1974
Butterick’s Evens, New York Times, 1/19/1975
Making It With Patterns, New York Times, 1/19/1975
Simplicity’s Glynn, New York Times, 1/19/1975
President of Simplicity Resigns, 7/4/1975
SYP Promotes Executive VP Harold Hooper to President, New York Times, 7/11/1975
At Simplicity, Pattern is Still One-Man Rule, New York Times, 7/19/1975
Market Place: Seeking Undervalued Assets, New York Times, 2/14/1976
Market Place: Picking a Trend for Simplicity, New York Times, 2/28/1976
SYP Annual Results, New York Times, 2/26/1983
Simplicity Pattern Buys a 9.9% Stake in Amstar, New York Ti