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Literally know of two people that are now director and tech lead at the QRT Sydney offices, that were both PIP'd and one was terminated from their firm (a HFT), and for neither of them a company reference.background check was done.
Either QRT is not doing ref checks at all, or not doing them properly, or the individuals lied about the past on their resumes (which is sort of hard to do given they're on linkedin).
The short of it, in the APAC region QRT is on a massive hiring spree, and it seems like they're more after quantity over quality.
Either way either everything will work out for them and they'll crush it in APAC, or there'll be mass layoffs in the next 2-3 years.
Perhaps you can add a reddit timed reminder to this thread :D

It’s only a matter of time stock price catches up with VFC’s efforts in marketing/new growth initiatives/ layoffs.
Between March-May tons of stuff happened at Vans.
Vans released a select list of classics on Fortnite.
Vans released the Vans Low Pro silhouette which gained lots of traction in APAC region (where they typically underperform)
They sponsored NettSpend’s Invert tour, a rising artist amongst the youth, which gave life to the brand for the 13-19 year olds ( still in the early innings).
They absolutely killed it with the streetwear label FuckThePopulation collab. Signed Lil Uzi Vert ( who actually skates and is genuinely a good vibes person ) who will bring spotlight amongst the Uzi fans.
Yesterday they did a whole skate party to celebrate the Curren Caples skate shoe release. Many independent skate shop owners were invited to the party. Curren Caples part of the Vans skate team and the party was mentioned on Thrasher Magazine and many other skate media platforms. This will attract many future skaters to join Vans given how much effort Vans poured into it to support their sponsored skaters.
And in the coming month, there’s going to be a Vans X Chanel drop, and let’s not forget two of the three Vans Warped Tour will be happening in June 14-15 (DC) and June 26-27(California). Those two events will involve 100 bands, and ~60K people. And Vans merch will be selling like hotcakes.
Let’s not even talk Timbs, Knicks playing in the NBA finals and winning the championship is a cultural event that has boosted the yellow boots relevance.
TNF getting into trail, not many updates but the channel checks I do here in London always ends up positive. Somehow people are always hiking in climates that need TNF technology.
Vietnam tariffs can drop and exempt footwear anytime soon too.
Given how equity price was so volatile over the last 8 weeks, I think Bracken might just stop slow playing and update analysts with all their efforts including the major ones in late April,mid May. I’m not positioned exactly for that, I’m much more positioned for a strong rally between now and November 2025.
Bottom line is it will be at minimum $20 by November.

Major U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track Chinese stocks recorded inflows in May as a U.S.-China tariff truce boosted sentiment, following a heavy sell-off in the previous month.
BY THE NUMBERS
Global investors bought a combined $401.7 million in four major U.S.-listed China ETFs - iShares MSCI China ETF, iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF and Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF this month through May 15.
That compared with a $3.8 billion outflow in April, data from LSEG Lipper showed.
April marked the second largest outflow on Lipper's record, second only to a $4.4 billion outflow in November 2024.
U.S. institutional investors currently own about $250 billion in U.S.-listed Chinese stocks, according to Goldman Sachs.
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
Analysts are closely watching flows into Chinese shares traded in U.S. markets to gauge the extent of investor concern over the potential removal of Chinese companies from U.S stock exchanges - a delisting that could heighten the financial decoupling between the two biggest economies.
Those concerns were at the fore in April when U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically escalated his trade war with China by raising tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%, while U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted the possible delisting of Chinese stocks from U.S. bourses might figure in trade talks.
As a result of this, many companies related to AI will benefit from this movement, such as $PLTR, $CRM, $BGM, $ASML.
KEY QUOTES
"The selling pressure in April was mainly due to trade tensions ... we have seen some sentiment recovery in May," said Jason Lui, head of APAC equity and derivative strategy at BNP Paribas.
"The majority of outflows in April came from hedge fund and arbitrage strategy players. We see most institutions stay invested in our fund," said Xiaolin Chen, head of international at KraneShares, which manages the $7 billion KWEB.