Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris, that's the whole point - learn from the MISTAKES that Polaroid made! On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Chris Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > Umm, Polaroid went out of business and had its assets sold by the > bankruptcy court. Kodak's learning should be from someone like Ilford, > Foma, or even Fuji....companies that still successfully make film (and > digital stuff in Fuji's case). > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 12/3/12 2:35 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > > >Timely article on what KODAK can learn from Polaroid, but applicable > >equally as well to Leica, and coincidentally, seems to be what Leica is > >doing anyway: > >< > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-kodak-could-still-learn-from-p > >olaroid/2012/11/29/01b8b8e4-38d7-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_print.html > >> > > > >The 4 bullet points: > > > >1 don't be afraid to raise prices > >2 *The only cameras are going to be high-end cameras ? and very-low-end > >ones. > >*3 *?Don?t do anything that someone else can do.?* > >4 *The little yellow box is still golden. > > > >*Leica raises prices, goes big time on the high end cameras (Monochrom, S, > >M 240), do things that no one does (MM, S, M 240, 50AA...) and it > >continues > >to promotes its brand. > >-- > >// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>