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1.  Re: hard stock to trade 
Agreed. The Port family keeps this dog so that they can make fast money on the ups and downs. The stock will rise 20% or more on no news. Market share is toast, sales are...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   4-Feb-10 07:09 am
 
2.  2009 - Way to Go 
2009 is just about done. LAWS stock has come back from being down 50% for the year and is now "only" 20% or so down for 2009. Great job. When compared to its...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   31-Dec-09 09:58 am
 
3.  Re: Layoffs, Layoff, Layoffs, No sales 
Stock is up...must be the families who own LFOB are now spending time together during the holidays to pump and dump to pay for their presents, expensive ski...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   29-Dec-09 11:21 am
 
4.  Re: Layoffs, Layoff, Layoffs, No sales 
AGreed...re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. You have some goof as head of business development who has not closed a new deal in 4 years making over $700K...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   10-Dec-09 12:06 am
 
5.  Re: Time for Mgt to Go 
stock is being manipulated by the families who are the primary shareowners. the company announces a 25% drop in revenue and earnings and yet the stock...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   8-Aug-09 04:57 pm
 
6.  Re: Pricing Reform for Lawson - A Joke 
Freego and his cronies are dinosaurs, but unfortunately, are one of the reasons why Lawson got into trouble with the FBI and told sr mgt what to do.I am...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   20-Jul-09 08:46 pm
 
7.  Re: Time for Mgt to Go 
Layoffs, salary freezes, but big bonuses and exit packages for useless sr. mgt. Remarkable that there are execs who make hundreds of...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   11-Jul-09 07:58 pm
 
8.  Re: Time for Mgt to Go 
That is too bad about their IT department.For years, that group was poorly managed.They spent millions on software they poorly implemented, if they ever even...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   17-Jun-09 08:39 pm
 
9.  Re: Time for Mgt to Go 
Stock got a nice boost....manipulated by the families so they could fund their Summer vacations...watch out for the pump and dump.As for Lawson's dir ection...sales...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   9-Jun-09 10:02 pm
 
10.  Re: Time for Mgt to Go 
Lawson is hiring managers to help fix their pricing - to be more market aligned.They tried this a few years ago, and agents shot the initiative down...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   15-May-09 08:30 am
 
11.  Re: Time for Mgt to Go 
As an Agent are you charging market-reality pricing?Are you signing up your customers for the web?
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   11-May-09 05:52 pm
 
12.  Re: Time for Mgt to Go 
Interesting insight as a former employee and customer. I believe that the good people still within Lawson will leave in a year (if the company is still around) when the job market improves. So many of...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   6-May-09 05:16 am
 
13.  Re: What&&39;s Going On With This Company? 
You would think that getting rid of Washlow, Belford, Cannon, Ruprich, lots of chemical and welding agents and DM's - that this would pave the way for some new growth...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   27-Apr-09 05:05 pm
 
14.  Re: What&&39;s Going On With This Company? 
Are you a former employee? You sound like you know these guys? Interesting.Agreed. There is nothing there to buy other than regrets.
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   21-Apr-09 08:57 pm
 
15.  Re: What&&39;s Going On With This Company? 
The challenge of Barnes or any other player buying Lawson is that I am not sure there is much "there". They have some good distribution centers, may own a few proprietary OEM...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   18-Apr-09 10:52 am
 
16.  Time for Mgt to Go 
Long time coming....Management has gotta go.See the relative lack of performance LAWS has had against its competitors like Grainger, Fastenal, etc. They have run pretty much...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   16-Apr-09 08:41 pm
 
17.  Re: What&&39;s Going On With This Company? 
Kent is small, but profitable. Good sales people who look after their customers. Scale this up. While there are many hard working, talented, caring Lawson ag ents...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   15-Apr-09 11:26 pm
 
18.  Re: What&&39;s Going On With This Company? 
Bought some at $12, thinking that this tightly held company would be traded back up. Look at the charts....when it gets this ugly, the stock will typically come. ..
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   15-Apr-09 06:40 am
 
19.  LAWS Hurting 2009 
Lawson continues to erode sales, profits and investor confidence. Sure, the stock will pop back up - usually does when it gets this low, but LAWS will never get back into the...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   28-Mar-09 09:30 am
 
20.  Re: What a worthless reputation Lawson has 
I would stay away from Lawson now. See their stock? It is up over 50% from their lows - while the overall market is tanking. Why is that? Speculation is that the company...
Business & Finance > Investments > Stocks (A to Z) > Stocks L  >  Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS)
  chicaggofatz   16-Sep-08 10:45 pm