On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Tom C wrote: >> Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> I think that the single biggest thing Pentax could do to sell >>> more cameras is to get them into stores where people can buy them. >> >> Well, yeah. But that's a little like saying the best way to become >> rich is to make lots of money. It's true, but doesn't provide much >> helpful information about how to accomplish the task. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com > > So the question becomes... why DOESN'T Pentax have a high-end presence > in Costco, Walmart, Best Buy, and other nationwide brick and mortar > stores? Just about the only retail presence I see is camera shops, > which typically are selling at close to MSRP, and which get a small > fraction of the traffic the above mentioned stores receive. > > It's even rare for me to even see a Pentax P&S on sale here.
Pentax is still largely a niche product. It's probably volume constrained in production. The big-box stores and discounters go for brands that can be supplied in huge volume, all the time. A Pentax is still somewhat unique. It's not for everyman. I like it that way. Paul > > Tom C. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
