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Calvin: Retailers always mistakenly believe consumer product crazes will last forever
“No matter how many times the retailers go through this, no matter how many times I went through this, everybody's thinking to themselves, this time is different. Like, this time, it's gonna sell a million a month for the next three years, and they can't even j…”
Calvin: Hacky Sacks Are Making a Massive Comeback
“One that's probably people already know just burst like maybe two months ago is hacky sacks are coming back in a huge way. And razor already has hacky sacks in the, you know, in the store start shipping this week.”
Calvin: Suing Small Copycats Costs Millions With No Financial Recovery
“So it costs millions and millions of dollars to do a patent case. And then you get nothing except helping to clean up the market. It's very, very challenging.”