Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, It makes perfect sense that a retailer like Jessops should start seeing reduced sales of digital cameras. At this point, it is safe to assume that in the UK and other rich countries, most people who wanted to convert from film to digital have already done so. So the huge wave of conversion sales during the past couple of years is now ending. Going forward, the industry will settle into a normal pattern of replacement sales as people upgrade, replace broken equipment etc., which implies considerably slower growth. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Almere, Netherlands http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.fotosevilla.com Print sales: http://www.photodeluge.com Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com> Datum: woensdag, mei 25, 2005 11:44 am Onderwerp: [Leica] WAS Leica's demise, NOW Digital's demise?? > > ====== > We get this over and over about digital, but I was very amused to > see that when > Jessops (who are the largest camera chain over here) reported > reduced profits a > couple of weeks ago, they were claiming that the reason was a fall > in sales of > new cameras. The reason? saturation of the digital market... > > Your average digital buyer doesn't walk around with 3Rs and 3Ms > around their > neck ;-) > > Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >