Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/15

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Subject: [Leica] Should Leica sell direct to customers?
From: jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Tue Mar 15 07:16:43 2005
References: <200503150317.j2F3HK0m056375@server1.waverley.reid.org> <456ac104883b02218073af96ad24da62@ucalgary.ca>
 
Buzz of Belmont... look at this!

;-)

John W. Heintz wrote:

> 
> On 14 Mar 2005, at 20:17, schroter@optonline.net wrote:
> 
>> Really, while it's a global village, high volume products, are good 
>> candidates for sale.  Boutique products aren't that amenable to 
>> Internet sales.  Yes, to me, Leica is a boutique product.  Can you 
>> imagine Hermes scavefs selling over the internet?  All it's mystique 
>> would vanish in a nano-second!!
>> AGS
> 
> 
> Nothing is a more 'boutique' product than bow ties, yet Beau Ties Ltd. 
> is very successful. Check it out.
> 
> http://www.beautiesltd.com/
> 
> j
>
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