Duffer of St George - Page 3

adero · 11-01-2008, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by luke 1977

Thanks for that, you reads threads sometimes and people from the outside only see the negative, cheers Dunny monster for the kind words, after 8 years of trying to get it right lukey seems to have found his handwriting over the last couple of years and gets better every season, when we started this he earned £100 a week for the first 4 years a massive commitment to his belief in what he did, he is a great designer and i think he knows what the bulk of the british lad wants, not the facionista the ordinary everyday lad, we don't want everyone to like us, but if its bribery you want . re the discount, 50% you would have to be related by blood to me or Lukey but email aaron@luke1977.com and say you know me and he will send you a discount code. I feel dirty like a politician now buying votes! Luke1977 AKA Simon

don't feel bad!!!
respect to you for offering discount!

volley · 11-01-2008, 08:36 PM

are you a luke1977 employee?

robinakira · 11-02-2008, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by luke 1977

nice one mate, Tat, thats one thing we don't make, a British brand trying to make a difference against the big boys, don,t need posts like this.

hello

sorry to do this but Duffer is own 'wholly' by a Japanese trading company since 2006 and is one of the big boys thanks to the department store labels and the freemans licence deal....

sorry

RAC

DISINFO · 11-02-2008, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ikkyu

yes, it was for ku. they were the first shop to carry us in the uk back in 1994.

YOU OWN BOTH ED HARDY AND KU? WHAT DUFFER ST GEORGE STOCKED KU IN THEIR SHOP AND DIDN'T PAY YOU FOR THE STOCK? DID THEY GIVE A REASON? HONESTLY I DIDN'T REALISE DUFFER ST GEORGE EVER HAD A SHOP?

**Wasted** · 11-03-2008, 12:43 AM

When is KU coming back to the UK?

ikkyu · 11-03-2008, 10:35 PM

hello,

yes, duffer had a store in london. he wanted exclusive which i gave him. then he didnt come to our stand one season, so i assumed he was moving on. i then sold to jones in covent garden (now gone). at that point, duffer did not pay me for my last shipment to them.

currently ku is only available in japan and at our store in los angeles. togged also carries some. we make 108 pcs only of everything so we sell out in our markets. i dont feel like building a big manufacturing/shipping company. i want to focus more on interior design and hand crafted items, some of which may be clothing.

ku started the ed hardy brand, and then we licensed it out.

best to everyone.........

Hugos_Loss · 11-04-2008, 06:07 AM

Do you be offering a KU x Ed Hardy colaboration?

robinakira · 11-05-2008, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ikkyu

hello,

yes, duffer had a store in london. he wanted exclusive which i gave him. then he didnt come to our stand one season, so i assumed he was moving on. i then sold to jones in covent garden (now gone). at that point, duffer did not pay me for my last shipment to them.

currently ku is only available in japan and at our store in los angeles. togged also carries some. we make 108 pcs only of everything so we sell out in our markets. i dont feel like building a big manufacturing/shipping company. i want to focus more on interior design and hand crafted items, some of which may be clothing.

ku started the ed hardy brand, and then we licensed it out.

best to everyone.........

Hello

sadly this is a common story for brands selling into the UK..... next to Greece the UK is one of the worst markets for non-payers...sorry sir....

we just got stuck with a shipment to Duffer, there still doing it....the UK cost us 15k this season, still chasing late payment....

RAC

harrypothead · 11-05-2008, 07:05 PM

Any ideas why the Brits do it?

robinakira · 11-05-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by harrypothead

Any ideas why the Brits do it?

Hello

Because they can....UK law makes it VERY hard to recover money from a UK company if your not a UK company.

some UK store simple don't respond to the invoicing and in a few cases there history of non payment is simple a way for them to justify what they do....

if you do get an order against them for the money, the company can and in a few cases have, gone bankrupt with out closing, carried on trading same name new directors...nothing can be done, many years ago I took a job with a UK retail/label and they went bankrupt the week before i started, carried on trading, it was like nothing happened, the label still shipped to them the wages were paid, just the way it's done...

Sad thing is, now there is such an issue outside of the UK a lot of small brands, simply will not stock in the UK, lot of good stuff never seen...the customers loss out

RAC