Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/05

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Subject: [Leica] INCORRECTLY R.I.P. ILFORD
From: feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)
Date: Sun Sep 5 13:06:19 2004
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On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 12:37, Jesse Hellman wrote:
> But IS the market empty, Dan? While B & W film and darkroom products may 
> be heading in the direction of art and hobby photographers very quickly 
> there still may be enough to support a few streamlined companies if with 
> no research for the future. 

I think this is exactly where we are heading. Kodak is in a panic
because they only sold $800 million worth of film instead of $1 billion.
It takes a lot of cash to keep the lights on in a company that big and
they also have to answer to the stock holders.

But I think a small private company like EFKE would be giddy if they had
worldwide sales of even $20 million...


Feli
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