Comments on: Too Innocent To Be Nudie? http://www.textick.com/index.php/archive/too-innocent-to-be-nudie/ Writing, Writing and Writing. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:49:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Hugh http://www.textick.com/index.php/archive/too-innocent-to-be-nudie/#comment-2232 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:56:42 +0000 http://www.textick.com/index.php/archive/too-innocent-to-be-nudie/#comment-2232 The story with Nudie is a bit more than 'influenced'. A few years ago a man called Tim came over from Australia to talk to us about obtaining the license to run the innocent business in Oz. We were pretty excited - he seemed like a nice chap - so we started talking to Tim. He spent quite a bit of time at Fruit Towers getting to know us and the business. After a while we had all of the legal papers drawn up, ready for Tim to become innocent. We were happy for him to carry on our good work on the other side of the world. But right at the last minute, Tim had a change of heart, decided not to sign and disappeared back off to Sydney. Much to our surprise, a few months later a smoothie company called Nudie appeared in Australia. There were a few similarities to innocent. Things looked familiar. And the man behind Nudie? Why, Tim of course. The story with Nudie is a bit more than ‘influenced’. A few years ago a man called Tim came over from Australia to talk to us about obtaining the license to run the innocent business in Oz. We were pretty excited - he seemed like a nice chap - so we started talking to Tim. He spent quite a bit of time at Fruit Towers getting to know us and the business.

After a while we had all of the legal papers drawn up, ready for Tim to become innocent. We were happy for him to carry on our good work on the other side of the world. But right at the last minute, Tim had a change of heart, decided not to sign and disappeared back off to Sydney.

Much to our surprise, a few months later a smoothie company called Nudie appeared in Australia. There were a few similarities to innocent. Things looked familiar. And the man behind Nudie? Why, Tim of course.

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