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Acquirers demanded perpetual rights to founders' name, image, and likeness
“And meanwhile, our investors want us to take the acquisition offer regardless of the egregious terms, including, ah, owning our name, image, and likeness in perpetuity.”
Dugan: Traditional nursery designs were juvenile, lacking aesthetic respect
“I had a thought about what a nursery should feel like, and nurseries were not approached the way that felt right to me, and so design relates to a feeling, right? It doesn't matter if it's the bumper, if it's textiles, if it's artwork, what should it feel like…”
Dugan: Pottery Barn Kids was the gold standard in children's catalog marketing
“These are the days of Pottery Barn kids being kind of the gold standard in baby and kids catalogs, magazines marketing, brand, etc.”