I too have been wondering what this switch is really all about. Since they seem to be planning one in Seattle, I start to wonder if they mean to compete with, rather than augment, Danskin--and if so, why?
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks