Compounding the difficulties, the fund didn't have much discipline in selling positions. It's a problem O'Halloran has addressed. For instance, Developing Growth snapped up shares of Crocs (CROX) at its initial public offering at about $10 a share. "Nobody believed that it was anything other than a fad for the first nine months," O'Halloran says. "But we owned it pretty big." Yet once sales growth slowed from about 150% to just 40%, O'Halloran started selling.

will go up in price

Hold - Price 3.99 on June 15
by Wedbush Morgan

While it is clear that management is working diligently to revive Crocs ' business, management is still in the process of getting a handle on a still-deteriorating business. In particular, we believe that the company is still seeking a workable retail model, especially at its U.S. concept stores, and is working to reduce inventory and stabilize sales. Product, distribution and customer-service changes are a key first step to reviving business. We believe that management recognizes that it needs to better manage its relationships with its retail partners, including controlling distribution, offering more unique product to each channel, and managing the delivery process better. We are reducing our 2009 EPS estimate to $(0.89) from $(0.78), 2010 EPS estimate to $(0.12) from $0.06 and maintaining suspended price target. Our lower numbers reflect that various parts of Crocs' business are worse than we previously believed, and that the current environment makes it difficult to quickly turn around a flagging brand. Near term, we do not see significant upside potential for shares of CROX; however, we believe that over the next three to five years, the company can remake its business and offer both meaningful profitability and stock gains. Market cap: $331 million.

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Excellent new concept in shoe apparel. High costs off setting any gains. Only concern: Product Life.

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Lot of similar products and cheaper

Lost money on this one

fad flunked

qualty

left me in the red

overvalued

poor management

scam

stupid shoes

Because Management lied.