Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/20

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Subject: [Leica] Leica stores
From: manolito at videotron.ca (EPL)
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:21:03 -0500

My sense is that Leica AG isn't going retail. Nothing like Apple.

They have zero competency in that business. There are just a very few
marquee retail locations in the most actively prestigious markets.

There are a few more Leica corners in places where they can carpetbag on
exisiting retailers -- easy in, easy out.

>From my experience, around here, Leica can barely be said to have a sales
"force." They're reasonably good at designing and eventually manufacturing
worthwhile product for a fairly captive market.

There's the rub.

Thank your favourite deity every day that they're still around. They've
defied the odds several times already.

Emanuel