Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Umm, Polaroid went out of business and had its assets sold by the bankruptcy court. Kodak's learning should be from someone like Ilford, Foma, or even Fuji....companies that still successfully make film (and digital stuff in Fuji's case). -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 12/3/12 2:35 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: >Timely article on what KODAK can learn from Polaroid, but applicable >equally as well to Leica, and coincidentally, seems to be what Leica is >doing anyway: >< >http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-kodak-could-still-learn-from-p >olaroid/2012/11/29/01b8b8e4-38d7-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_print.html >> > >The 4 bullet points: > >1 don't be afraid to raise prices >2 *The only cameras are going to be high-end cameras ? and very-low-end >ones. >*3 *?Don?t do anything that someone else can do.?* >4 *The little yellow box is still golden. > >*Leica raises prices, goes big time on the high end cameras (Monochrom, S, >M 240), do things that no one does (MM, S, M 240, 50AA...) and it >continues >to promotes its brand. >-- >// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information