AJ02 said:
ChampionX is one of my biggest suppliers.
And they just got bought by our biggest competitor. So that's fun.
Honestly, if you've got a big enough account you just fall into the realm of frenemies. No manager is able to to go their executive and report cutting their nose off to spite their face. I would assume you have a two year runway, and even then companies like making money before they get choosy about who they are helping. First year of a merger is always just sorting out internal stuff, new owners tell their new asset to go make money the same way they always have.
Then a year later you'll get a new manager from the mothership who wasn't on the acquisition team. That guys job is to start bringing over the 'culture'. He'll have some easy targets but won't be able to strike until there are alternatives that are good enough to replace that revenue.
I guarantee you there is someone inside the purchased company that is thinking about striking out on their own.
