Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now we know where Microsoft got the idea from! Steve LeHuray wrote: >the Sears catalogue of 100 years ago was a very important part of the >American landscape that you could buy practically anything, Autos, guns, >washing machines, tools, clothing, cameras and even pre-fabricated houses. >Even into the 1960's -- I remember as a little boy drooling over many of >things available in the catalogue. Montgomery Ward had an equally impressive >catalogue. > >But there was a dark side to Sears & Roebuck on the business side: they >would contract with a manufacturer, lets say washing machines, Sears would >place huge orders with the company to the point that the washing machine >manufacturer would become dependent on the Sears orders. Then suddenly Sears >would cancel all orders, the manufacturer would go on the verge of >bankruptcy, Sears would buy them out for not much money and then put their >own Sears name on the product. > >sl >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html