Heather du Plessis-Allan: I can't see that Fletcher deserves all the hatred it's copping
Based on the available evidence, I can’t see that Fletcher deserves all the hatred it’s copping over the GIB crisis.
I know they’re not the most popular corporate from time to time and I suspect there might be some behind-the-scenes stuff we don’t know about, and certainly they should not have 95 percent of the plasterboard market.
But, based on what we do know, it seems they are just a convenient whipping boy.
There’s a lot of politics going on here.
Lots of rumours about things like trademarks that never get seem to get proven. There are hints that Fletcher has enforced their trademarks to…
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