Tumi & Roam Luggage: Charlie Clifford

So nineteen eighty two. This is the first year since since you founded to me in seventy five that you actually lost money. And and the bank. I guess that was lending you money started to get nervous. Yes, we had uh got a call from the bankers saying that they wanted us to come down and

Right a very traditional bank building. And I recall getting off the elevator. Uh walking down the hall. And the sign on the frosted glass above the door said Asset Recovery Department. That's not a good sign.

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