[Ads-l] open kimono

[Laurence Horn]

Note the relationship between "open kimono", "full monty", and "full
frontal". Transparency is all!

https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2017/01/94616-lemonade-will-open-kimono-insurtech-operations/

On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 11:20 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 1975 Binghamton NY Press and Sun-Bulletin​ 27 Mar 10/5
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> IBM is a successful company, always in the public eye.  As one executive
> put it:  "We have to decide how far we are going to open the kimono."
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> 2008 Wall Street Journal​ 26 Aug C2/5
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> When one company reveals its finances to another, it "opens the kimono" so
> the two sides can conduct an "open kimono transaction."
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