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Originally Posted by LakeCleElum View Post
This at least the 4th time Norton has gone under. Investors buy the name for big money and start over. Kind of like the Indian name.

I visited the Kenny Dreer operation in Portland, Or when he made a great run at making Nortons.
Haven’t really followed their financial gyrations but believed the same. Certainly not the same company of vintage British fame. A shame to see it go this way, but guessing the name will get revived again...hopefully by someone with an appreciation for the heritage and good head for business (perhaps an oxymoron in this case).
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