Is Bauer for sale?

[icingboy 0]

Any news on this subject, after last years fiscal lost, is there any hope for this brand?

Hope the new products can save them, is there any way back?

Will we see a management byout from Nike and again se Bauer as a quality brand Made In Canada, our is it to late?

[Bauer_freAK 0]

WTF?

bauer for sale? lol?

i don´t think so...

[Jim A 4]

No

[Langenbrunner15 0]

NO way, no how!

That would be like a HUGE event! There would be talk everywhere

[kosydar 0]

Not necessarily. TPS was looking to sell, and nobody knew that was going on until after the deal failed. We hear a lot of information on this board, but we certainly don't hear it all.

[Langenbrunner15 0]

Well true, but......Bauer im sure would have much more publicity on it.

[icingboy 0]

Thanks for info, somebody mentioned that due to sharp drop in sale, Nike needs to make some moves, will Bauer be in the pot?

Look at the new Nike product line coming this season, not very hot stuff, a sign of slow down,i guess hockey customers is to smart to accept bad products, Nike is moving towards SMu products, pro shops hates this, a big sign of problems!!

[Bauer_freAK 0]

have you weared them?

seen them in reality?

Had you got the new nike line in your hands?

I don´t think, that you did that....

so we can talk after you had got the new nike line in your hands...!

[Langenbrunner15 0]

This icingboyhas NO idea what hs talking about what so ever!

[Bauer_freAK 0]

no comment ;D

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

Not necessarily. TPS was looking to sell, and nobody knew that was going on until after the deal failed. We hear a lot of information on this board, but we certainly don't hear it all.

Really?

[Justin 1933 134]

I am sure every company has a price....

[mik3 1]

500 bucks, some baseball cards, and a pat on the back. do I own mission now? :D

p.s. don't take this as me thinking your company is worth that much.

[prenny207 1]

I am sure every company has a price....

well said, and for the past few years, there have been rumors that bauer is for sale. the problem is that if its true, not many companies have the money, or don't want to spend that much money for the brand. but my hopes would be that if they were or are for sale, that a "hockey" company will buy them and not a shoe, or apparel company.

[Scores 0]

Nike bought Bauer for something like 300 million...maybe with Phil Knight gone at the helm of Nike and a new guy on board, he will want to make his own mark on Nike.

Lets face it, if you owned Nike would you be worried about a little hockey brand from Canada (or use to be from Canada)?

If this guy thinks big picture - he might look to unload Bauer. Nike bought Hurley and they are certainly seeing a better return on Hurley I would imagine...

But that is just one guys opinion...

[Jim A 4]

sometimes a loss in the biz world isn't that bad..if they recently changed production locations,etc...its likely a bunch of amortized stuff...

I don't think Nike would be that quick to dump Bauer, especially with Reebok's foray into the hockey world ...

losing $ one year isn't the end of the world for these giants...

[Cavs019 710]

Yea i would be worried about a "little" hockey company from canada. Does the Vapor XX being perhaps the top selling skate ever ring a bell?

[joshy207 15]

I would think that Bauer is just a little tiny blip on Nike's radar. The hockey equipment business is SO small compared to Nike's other forays, I think they'd be glad to get rid of a division that hasn't been nearly as profitable as it was when they took it over. Problem is, they won't get nearly what they paid for it. Bauer used to be THE brand to have, if a store didn't carry Bauer, they weren't in the hockey business. Today, stores can survive and thrive without Bauer.