Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?

    • harmonea
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      579 months ago

      What is the difference, in your mind, between changing owners and buying out a company?

      To me they’re the same thing and this is an appropriate reply for OP. Is it just a matter of scale for you? (I think we’d all like bigger examples, but this still works)

      • Ringo13
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        89 months ago

        I definitely think the original post meant things like retail stores, social media platforms, nationwide chain restaurants, etc

        • oo1
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          89 months ago

          I think the term the OP used was “faceless conglomorate”.

          I heard Matt Stone’s face was ripped off by Scuzzlebutt, and Trey Parker was conglomerated into a dawson’s creek trapper keeper, so seems like a fair answer to me.

        • harmonea
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          9 months ago

          Sure, but that was just additional context for my question, which was what this poster feels is the difference between changing owners and buying out a company.

          • Ringo13
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            19 months ago

            They’re thinking of changing owners vs buying a corporate company with a CEO. Yeah they’re similar lol but not really what the post is asking for on here

            • harmonea
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              59 months ago

              Again with the fixation on the OP. Let me be more direct: I didn’t ask you.

      • The context provided in the question is of big companies buying smaller companies and ruining them. OP asked if “the opposite ever happens”, which I interpret to mean a big corporation buying a smaller company and it NOT going to shit.

        Sure we can talk about any change in ownership whatsoever, but that seems like a complete change in topic with an obvious answer.

    • squiblet
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      89 months ago

      The two combined have about 1.2 billion, which is surely more than the old owners of Casa Bonita.