Re: [Leica] film is dieing..... according to Kodak at least

[Roger <contaxaholic@yahoo.com>]

Right on, Nathan, right on.

Kodak, from what I have gathered over the years, is
strapped with high overhead costs, unions, etc. Tough
to remain competitive with the proverbial albatross
around your neck, I suppose.

Someone once mentioned that Kodak periodically drops
the 3 lowest selling products from it's line. This
could be good or bad, depending on.... What if Kodak
marketing blew it and the product didn't sell but it
was a good product? What if Kodak marketing confused
the customers with obtuse film code designations? What
if kodak changed film formulas over time but didn't
tell anyone? What if Kodak hung too much of it's hope
on digital?

- --- Nathan Wajsman <belgiangator@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Duane,
> 
> Film may be dying, or it may not, but Kodak's woes
> have little to do with it. If the problems in their
> film business were due to digital, then their
> digital
> business should be doing well, right? Well, it is
> losing lots of money. If the reason is competition
> from Fuji, then it is just poor execution on Kodak's
> part. Let us remember that management of a
> struggling
> company will always try to blame poor performance on
> external factors. Current favorites on both sides of
> the Atlantic include:
> 
> - bad weather
> - good weather
> - the weak Euro
> - the strong dollar
> - unfair competition from the other side of the
> ocean
> - the apparent slowdown in the US economy 
> 
> and so on. Anything except poor or poorly executed
> business strategy.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> 
> --- Birkey <dbirkey@uio.telconet.net> wrote: > Film
> is
> slowly dying..... according to Kodak at
> > least... I was watching
> > MSNBC over lunch the other day and they mentioned
> > how Kodak said that their
> > profits and film sales were down.... part to
> > competition from Fuji etc...
> > and part to digital...  Hence their stock price
> has
> > dropped some...SNIP
> > 
> 


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