Here's another perspective on the Smith & Hawken sale from one of the original owners, speaking in the Marin Independent Journal in California. The money quote from the story:
"When Scotts bought it and Smith & Hawken was owned by the largest pesticide seller in the U.S., I suggested people boycott it," he said. "It had completely lost its roots."
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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When I first read those comments in that article after the announcement I didn't give them much thought. Then a couple of days later I was weeding and my mind started to drift and I realized that they come off as jerks, for lack of a better word.
Who celebrates people losing their jobs by throwing a party?
In the days after the announcement there was a lot of deserved blamed heaped on SMG for how the brand was managed, but Smith & Hawken seemed to avoid getting tarred, and they're the ones who sold out to begin with. SMG wouldn't have been able to run the brand into the brand into the ground had Smith & Hawken not sold it to begin with.
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