Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hermes & Leica
From: Mikiro <arbos@mac.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:29:06 +0100

on 21/11/00 1:02 AM, Emanuel Lowi wrote:

> In a previous life I was a professional wine taster (a dirty job but
> somebody's gotta do it) and I still follow the industry.

Emanuel, that's very interesting!

> I suspect Leica will benefit from the association as much as  Hermes, and
> if this gets them money to do some innovative R&D, I'd say - "Lafayette, we
> are here!"

I hope so. I also hope Leica will learn from Hermes how to maintain or even
improve the value AND quality of an old brand and how to imprint "Leica
image" on a wider range of customers.

Cheers,

Mikiro
http://arbos.silva.net