Welcome to Our New Web Site & Blog
Sunday, October 1st, 2006 In addition to revamping our website (along with our new name), we have opened a blog to allow our customers and friends to easily communicate with us and other Fiesta® Fanatics about our Website, Fiesta® or really anything else for that matter. Feel free to post comments, questions or any other type of information that you feel might be relevant or interesting. It is my hope that the blog will not only be informative, but will also be a fun, new way to communicate.
See Our Blog at http://www.ladishes.com/blog
Difference Between Retired and Discontinued.
October 1st, 2006 We all hear about the various colors that are being retired or discontinued. For example, sapphire, lilac, juniper and chartreuse have been retired, whereas, apricot, yellow, pearl gray, sea mist, rose and now periwinkle, have been discontinued. If you are to believe HLC, the difference is that the retired colors will never be produced again, they were limited exclusive runs, whereas the discontinued colors may, at HLC’s option be produced again at some point in the future, should they find that those colors are once again popular. Discontinued colors are “discontinued” because their sales are low (they will pick the lowest sales percentage color for discontinuation). Make sure you understand the terminology because if you are a collector and stock up on a “discontinued” color thinking it will only increase in value, be very careful, because by the time that color actually has been discontinued long enough to become a collectible, HLC will probably begin producing it again and the value of that color will go down. Sellers are very free with their use of the terminology “retired”, when, in fact, the color has not been retired, it has merely been discontinued.
Latest Color to Be Discontinued
Sunday, October 1st, 2006 As a general rule, HLC only likes to have a certain number of colors. As a result, when a new color is announced, they will generaly discontinue a low selling color. This year, it is Periwinkle.
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