MEC_insider

Information and rumours about the sale of @MEC to a US equity firm. The tweets are coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE #SaveMEC (also:#BlackLivesMatter #UncededLand)

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

Not even a coupon.

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

Kingswood is laying off nearly 100 people at @MEC HQ today. And they’re not providing any severance pay... just kicking people out into the street. #SaveMEC

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

This is a great thread.

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

#SaveMEC is about more than saving a co-op. It’s about preventing another Canadian icon from suffering the same fate as Tim Horton’s: a slow grinding decline under ownership that doesn’t care. So, let’s look at the unimpressive and troubling potential new management of MEC.

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

@infil00p @LALO_CEO @HOKAONEONE Kingswood uses Taylor’s experience at Hoka as a selling point. Hoka may make $277m in sales today, but back in 2012 when JT left, revenues were a fraction of that. Since then, Taylor seems to have only run one or two 10-person companies. @MEC has thousands of employees. #SAVEMEC

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

The other thing I wish that reporters would say about @LALO_CEO is that, as far as anyone can tell, he’s never led a company of more than ten people. His most senior role was with a startup acquired by Deckers the same year he left the company. #SAVEMEC

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

The military is the people. Not the guns. When you fetishize the guns and bullets, you’re promoting violence.

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

Here’s how I feel about the military: There’s a difference between pro-military and pro-violence. @LALO_CEO’s social media isn’t pro military: He fetishizes violence to sell shoes.

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

Thank you, @CBCNews and @jrdunne for reporting the news about Jay Taylor as the proposed new President and COO of @mec. The sale of the co-op hasn’t been finalized. There’s still time to #SAVEMEC https://t.co/ZlftXu1mBB

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

In case people are wondering how I know that Dudebro @LALO_CEO will be the next President and COO if we don’t #SaveMEC... I just... do. But if you insist on confirmation from Not A Twitter Account, read @AleksSagan’s piece in @the_logic here >>>>>> https://t.co/pTlb11b7yO

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

@infil00p You can help spread the word by retweeting this stuff. People need to know what’s going on in here.

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

@BShane555 This sale needs to be stopped. Thankfully, sales don’t get finalized just because Kingswood releases a press release saying they are. #SaveMEC

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

The new President and COO of MEC just turned off his IG account. I guess he’s concerned about his BlueLivesMatter retweets. #SaveMEC

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

The other company @LALO_CEO heads looks like this 6-person outfit in Richmond. How does @mec expect him to run an 1800-employee retail giant as President and COO... except into the ground? #SaveMEC

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

Let’s take a look at the two companies that Dudebro @LALO_CEO runs.

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

Lalo is a ten person company. Which means there’s no way @LALO_CEO didn’t know that ads like this we’re running on behalf of his company.

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

Lalo is a ten person company. Which means there’s no way @LALO_CEO didn’t know that ads like this we’re running on behalf of his company.

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

@LALO_CEO, someone who spent the last seven years running THIS 10 person company, is the new President and COO of @MEC??!!?? #SaveMEC

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

Holy shit. @LALO_CEO, the founder of THIS company, has been named the new President of @MEC??!!?? #SaveMEC

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

So are these the types of ads we should be expecting on MEC store windows now @LALO_CEO has been named President and COO of the Co-op? #SaveMEC

[MEC_insider @insidemec]

Hey @LeylandCecco @IzaMasse @MEveFournier @nairoshini @CappyMc @AleksSagan: Perhaps some of this stuff coming out of MEC may interest you?