Unfortunately what some retailers do to survive is slash prices, import
everything from China, and ignore quality - the equivalent of selling
photos for pennies through micro-stock agencies :-(
Tina
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I actually can't think of a better forum (other than including the LUG and
> Leica R) to figure out a business model that may work. To me this is the
> "Big Box" economic model. It has killed many small businesses. But there
> have been many that have survived and thrived.
>
> So why have some retailers survived? What about their commodities appeal?
> How can we apply that to photography?
>
> These are hard questions, but we have many photographers in these forums
> who have what I think of as "institutional knowledge" in the business of
> photography. What are niches we can excel in to not have to give away the
> store?
>
> Sort of an open ended question that I hope yields some ideas we can banter
> about and try.
> Best,
> Bob
>
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
> > That's because an ever increasing number of people can't read worth
> squat.
> >
> > --Bob
> >
> >
> > On Jun 16, 2012, at 9:43 AM, John Hudson wrote:
> >
> > > since an ever declining number of people are attracted to quality
> > in-depth
> > > writing.
> >
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