So here they are:
- French firm in the frame as diary maker Letts/Filofax goes up for sale again - Scotsman
- 21 Signs That You Are Failing At Time Management - Time Management Ninja
- Meet up in Köln - Filomaniac
- Journalling School (10) - Filomaniac
- Journalling School Session 10: Past, Present and Future - My Life All in One Place
- Filofax as objet d'amour - The Crazy Suburban Mom
- Comparing the Midori Traveler's Notebook to an A5 Filofax - The Crazy Suburban Mom
- Lessons Never Learned - Well Planned Life
- Temperley for Filofax - Violet Review - Imysworld
- Guest Post from Kiddy Qualia - How she uses her Filofax - Imysworld
- I'm back!! And an update :) - The Life of The Perpetual Student
- filofax heavyweight champion! - Paper Lovestory
- my filofax week #23 - Paper Lovestory
- more homemade inserts - Paper Lovestory
- Philofaxy meet up. 22/9/12 - Rapunzel's World
- My thoughts on the new Temperley for Filofax range - Rapunzel's World
- An Open Letter....... - Austin Linda Rides Again [Link Removed as the post was deleted]
- Could it be that Letts, the owner/partner of Filofax is getting ready to sell? - Austin Linda Rides Again
- There is something rotten in the state of Filo - Productive Living
- Filofax Fortnight #6 - Pride, It leaves you hollow
- Philofaxy September 2012 Meet Up - JarFM
- Filofax App? - Lady Tamlynn
- New Set Up - picture 4 - Sense of Gravity
- My Filofax Collection Part 2 - Within Dreams We Live
- Filofax inserts using a cute notebook - Nothings Original Anymore
- Look what I found! - Lilly Actually
- My Domino Snake set up for uni - Lilly Actually
- Yet Another Divider Post: Pennybridge - Wandrrlust
- When Life Gets Crazy… - Wandrrlust
- Making Filofax Dividers - Femme Musings
- Hot List Sheets - Cloudberry Musings
- New Filofax Personal Inserts - Glossette
- My new weight loss Filofax - Filofax Fantasies
- Question of the Week - Strangest Place You've Taken Your Filofax? - Bryan Sherwood
- The Most Important Part of My Filofax Planner - Bryan Sherwood
- Uni Filofax Set Up - In Hope of an Organised Life
- Do you know where your addresses are?? - Plannerisms
- Creating time out of nothing - Mother's Always Right
- Moving on up...- Imysworld
- Maudiemade - Jagged Little Thoughts
A bientôt
At first glance you may skip over it, but everyone here should read the top story (no. 1 above) from today's Scotsman ("French firm in the frame as diary maker Letts goes up for sale again"). This could have enormous consequences for the future of Filofax.
ReplyDelete1) Letts (Letts Filofax Group) is the company that owns Filofax.
2) The CEO of LFG is to announce the trading figures for 2011 shortly. He is already hinting that they will be bad. We all know that!
3) The venture capitalists that own the bulk of LFG are rumoured to want out. VC's don't usually hang around in declining markets.
4) Groupe Exacompta Clairefontaine. Who are they? They are a huge firm involved in all sorts of paper/ stationery/ office things. Most interestingly, they own Quo Vadis, the nearest French product to Filofax. If they succeed in purchasing Letts Filofax, what will happen. Range consolidation for sure!
We shouldn't speculate too much, but turbulent times may lie ahead...
I had similar thoughts, Tim. At least from the American viewpoint, the Filofax brand is much better established than QuoVadis, which would help keep Filofax viable. But one must wonder what we will see in the future.
DeleteOne obvious benefit would have to be a paper upgrade. Clairefontaine paper is of peerless quality. I might do a somersault the day I see Personal cut-and-punched Rhodia quadrille or Dot Grid refills. . .
DeleteThank you for featuring my Metropol video's :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great links to the wonderful blogs. I enjoy it again and again to browse on your blog.
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Natalie
2 posts on one day? Its like christmas time! :)
ReplyDeleteho messo i titoli :) grazie
ReplyDeleteI'm just now getting around to watching the videos, and I'm being told that the Temperley video (first on the list) has been removed by the user.
ReplyDeleteYes they have, but I think they have uploaded a new version, so I've linked to it. Try again..
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