Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent idea, I'm sure CZ has got a corner of their factory free. :-) CZ is financially, and in their diversity, more than big enough to swallow Leica without a hiccup. Even "Zeiss-Ost" Jena is THE success story of the ex-eastern bloc, Lothar Sp?th "Cleverle" managed to make a going and profitable concern out of the company - now Jenoptik. An ex-politician, former prime minister of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg and a brilliant manager, just the kind of man Leica needs. Pity he retired recently. He also managed it without any financial support from Armani, Lagerfeld, Joop, Versace and co. It will be a sad day when Leica is only spoken of in the same breath, and by the same people, as other producers of desirable but generally unnecessary products targeted at a market segment where money was always more important than sense. Anyway, we shall soon see if new brooms sweep clean in Solms, Herr Cohn has gone back to high quality office furniture management. Maybe we'll soon be seeing APO-desks and "a la carte" chairs before they too gradually disappear from the market. Douglas BTW I thought Hermes was those nasty little blisters you get on your lips. ;-) A. Lal schrieb: >I still do not understand why Zeiss did not buy Leica some years ago. It >would have been good for both companies. It's still not too late. > > > >>In my opinion the departure of Mr. Cohn as Leica's CEO signals not just >>a change at the top, but a fundamental change of Leica company >>strategy. I believe the move is on to remake Leica in the image of >>Leica's largest stock holder, the elite incredibly high priced fashion >>seller Hermes. Good-bye to Leica for photographers, hello to Leica as >>an elitist even higher priced fashion statement. Yes folks, I fear yet >>more Leica price hikes are on the way very soon. >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Ihre bevorzugten Shops, hilfreiche Einkaufs-Hilfen und gro?artige Geschenk Ideen. Erleben Sie das Vergn?gen online einzukaufen mit Shop@Netscape! http://shopping.netscape.de/shopping/