> Sadly, the *reason* for changes like this is that stores like the one > you used to work at (and the one I used to work at) are going > the way of > the dinosaur.
they're growing feathers and taking to the sky? Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Roberts > Sent: 05 April 2008 20:57 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pentax Fires USA Sales Staff > > John Celio wrote: > >> > http://theonlinephotographer.com/the_online_photographer/blog_ > index.html > >> > >> I think this explains what has happened. Anyone want a job? > > > > Wow, interesting! I wonder how this will affect their > relationship with > > shops like the one I used to work at. I also wonder how > one goes about > > applying for one of those jobs! > > Sadly, the *reason* for changes like this is that stores like the one > you used to work at (and the one I used to work at) are going > the way of > the dinosaur. This is simply a recognition of that reality. > > I think the days of sales reps who visit local stores (and I > mean this > in general - not just Pentax and, in fact, not just the > camera business) > are numbered. > > Welcome to the 21st century and the era of the Big Box retailer. :( > (Ironic that the "dinosaur" analogy breaks down here because it's the > lumbering giants that are out-evolving the smaller, nimbler shops...) > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
