Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Say Hello to Hermes Leica -- THE Photog's Fashion Statement
From: alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Wed Oct 13 11:29:59 2004
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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.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Gandy" <leicanikon@earthlink.net>
To: "CVUG" <cvug@cameraquest.org>; "LUC" <LUC@topica.com>; "RFLIST"
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Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 11:28 PM
Subject: [Leica] Say Hello to Hermes Leica -- THE Photog's Fashion Statement


> 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.
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