Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But this is consitent for all manufacturers. Doesn't seem to be driving Oly or Nikon or Canon or Minolta out of the market. Hasn't managing currency fluctuations been B-school 101 for global companies for some decades now? Scott Paul wrote: > I believe the decline of the US dollar, and the consequent > difficulties caused to every foreign-made product trying to sell in > the huge (especially for Leica) US market, is more to blame than > digital photography. This is no coincidence, rather it is the entire > point of allowing the currency to stay at such a low level for so long. > > I would point out that Contax Kyocera are not just getting out of the > film camera market, but the digital camera market too. > > P. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > www.paulhardycarter.com > ******* > > On 3 Mar 2005, at 21:11, Tim Atherton wrote: > >> >> How? Simple - most of them have become victims of their own hubris. >> >> <snip> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information