> > From: "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/11/22 Wed AM 09:40:21 GMT > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Camera stores revisited. > > So many small stores have to face massive competition from internet giants, > operating from warehouses but I wonder in the UK if the biggest threat is > now from supermarkets. > > A couple of months ago I visited the Tesco store in Purley, Surrey and was > stunned at the two floor configuration with escalators for pushing the > trolleys up and down and the vast variety of products from car parts, > electrical products to furniture - almost literally the one stop shop. The > prices were at worst equal to internet stores and many prices were cheaper > than Costco etc or second hand goods via eBay! > > Now one of the supermarkets has commenced taking on the local estate agents, > obviously figuring that there is a lot of window space to display properties > and a large captive market coming there anyway. > > I note that the new K10D is stocked by Tesco.....
The big, comparitively unseen disadvantage to this the reduction in choice. Box stores will only sell that merchandise that makes the most profit in the niche. Locally, two breweries have closed in the last five years because they were not making enough profit for the multinational conglomerates that bought them up with promises of increased investment. A confectionery manufacturer, in production on the same site for nearly 300 years, has been moved to a cheaper labour market for the same reason. Trying to buy a flash or grip for the K10D from Tescos would be a classic exercise in futility. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
