The Athlete's Foot Australia

And also, Accent Group is up around three quarters of a percent.

Now, this is the group that is behind footwear brands like The Athlete's Foot, Platypus, and Hype DC.

Well, the UK retailer Fraser's Group extended its takeover bid for the footwear retailer to the 29th of January instead of the end of this month.

Now, the offer was initially floated back in June, which is a reason why it surged by 22% that month.

I was huge, uh, in s- into sports growing up, and I, I grew up in, in Maryland, um, on, on the DC side, not the Baltimore side, and went to the University of Maryland, and I wanted to be in sports of some sort.

And I ended up selling season tickets to a, The Athlete's Foot franchise.

And I was moving to Atlanta and he said, "Hey, you should go meet with these guys." Um, and I did an interview.

Uh, I, I thought I'd be selling franchises to athletes.

But I learned franchising, and I love franchising, so...

And I know you were at GNC.

GNC and, and The Athlete's Foot were both started in Pittsburgh, actually.

Yeah.