. >> hi, my name is hailey lynn. the reason i think they are the same entity is because they are. last week they kept using the word entity and i looked it up. if you look in the website you can see that jack spade has an individual entity which is dissolved in 1999. not only that but jack spade has access to the kate spade pocketbook which gives us an unfair advantage in the retail market. adobe books which we have heard a lot of about was pushed out after rent increases and after they raised $60,000 through community fundraisers to pay for their rent in -- increases, they were still asked to move out by their landlord. once jack spade came into the picture, the landlord raised her rent and told her to expect more rent increases. now it breaks down to more than double for paying in less than 6 months. another shop already suffered. they have been forced out on their 1 year anniversary when the represent was doubled. on top of that having a detrimental effect on the local businesses. all the high paying jobs are in new york. they even a hired a contractor from new mexico. now we j