| Title: | Celt Notefile |
| Moderator: | TALLIS::DARCY |
| Created: | Wed Feb 19 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1632 |
| Total number of notes: | 20523 |
I was reading a Waterford ad in the New York Times
yesterday. As a new promotion, they will custom make
any piece of any pattern they ever made. I wonder
if they are having a rough time these days? Time
to replace those missing pieces...
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| 1182.1 | I went with basic Lismore :) | TOLKIN::OROURKE | I'm going to Dizz Knee Land! | Fri Feb 05 1993 12:43 | 6 |
And at what price I wonder? And then there's the shipping,handling,
and insurance.....ah...what price for sparkle!
/jen
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| 1182.2 | tough times... | FSOA::ONEILL | Its a LONG way to Tipperary... | Mon Feb 08 1993 15:15 | 20 |
WATERFORD CRYSTAL is in pretty bad shape these days.
For over a year I think, workers have been working short weeks.
There was no annual Xmas bonus this year (a historically huge
sum) There have been huge redundancies (I think voluntary so
far) The problem is probably two fold - the world recession
and the influence of cheaper crystal - America is the largest
market for Waterford, and its not buying...
Another cause of unrest is that Waterford Crystal management is
supposedly having (or wants to have?) some of the work done in
cheaper european countries (labor) - there have even be talks
(several times) about closing the plant in Waterford, moving it
to (some (ex) eastern block country)
Waterford will be in SERIOUS trouble if "the glass" closes...better
rush out and buy those missing pieces just in case!
Ann
(P.S. those of u who got the Irish Emigrant this a.m. will know
that unemployment in Ireland has topped the 300,000 mark
for the first time 8-(
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