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A class-action lawsuit was filed one hour after Kenneth Cole announced privatization
“When we announced that we were going to do this, we announced it at nine o'clock when the New York Stock Exchange opened, we put out an announcement. We had a class action suit filed and on our desk By 10 o'clock, an hour later.”
Kenneth Cole: Took company private specifically to close retail stores
“And the reason we went private is to close them.”
Kenneth Cole faked a movie production to secure a NYC trailer permit
“That afternoon, we went to a stationery store, changed the companies, the letterhead, mechanical ink, the chemical productions ink, and then we filed for a permit, sent the letter to the mayor that afternoon, asking for permission to shoot a full-length motion…”