Thread Number: 73643
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 972524 , Reply# 2   12/9/2017 at 07:39 (2,330 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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I think they were done in by the same thing that caused there to be a lot of consolidation in the industry--on the top-end of the industry, the major manufacturers wanting to develop a full-line, and on the bottom-end, limited ability to reach economies of scale, particularly as the Interstate Highway system flourished. They did make a bad bet on the combos which couldn't have helped their long-term competitiveness.
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