Consider this: TNE sold fewer units than MT, but made money overall on the line. That is, from an economics standpoint, a success. The COMPANY failed. A few products were bad in the TNE line, after the company was already committed to a policy leading to their ultimate failure as a continuing company.
So Guilded Lilly being bad is indicative of the line beginning to falter... but the line as a whole had been a success.
T4 didn't make a real profit. When IG folded, they left artists and writers unpaid, and product that wouldn't move. There are rumors of Ken having made money upon it, but I doubt they are true. Marc got some money out of it. The printing companies got their money. But the line overall was in debt when IG died.
So Guilded Lilly being bad is indicative of the line beginning to falter... but the line as a whole had been a success.
T4 didn't make a real profit. When IG folded, they left artists and writers unpaid, and product that wouldn't move. There are rumors of Ken having made money upon it, but I doubt they are true. Marc got some money out of it. The printing companies got their money. But the line overall was in debt when IG died.