OT:RIP Jessops

[whisky-dave]

Maybe he thought of buying an Apple TV by mistake ;-)

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>Someone quoted it on (IIRC) Newsnight yesterday(day

[tim.....]

(thanks) Oh so it's the US

Hardly relevant for a discussion on UK retail then

tim

[news]

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And they still don't seem to equal Richer Sounds (but what would an American Retail Analyst know about Richer Sounds)

[Roland Perry]

In message , at 15:29:35 on Wed, 16 Jan

2013, news remarked:

Why would his report include foreign (to him) retailers?

[Man at B&Q]

Is that any surprise given "Blacks" have "gone bust" a number of times themselves.

MBQ

[Man at B&Q]

Switch back to the old interface.

MBQ

[Adam Funk]

"Showrooming", & here's a cartoon about it.

[whisky-dave]

How come the Apple stores don;t suffer this sort of thing ?

I'm guess it;'s because they dont; sell other peoles products, perhaps other retails could follow.. i,e

LG, sony could all have high street shops and sell at the same price store or on-line. Trouble is those companies also want to seel quickely and in bulk to places like amazon perhaps if they stopped that.....

[Andy Burns]

[tim.....]

Sony do have high street shops (or at least they used to).

In general their prices don't even match the best obtainable on the high street, they don't come near online offerings.

tim

[Martin Brown]

As do B&O, Panasonic. All three are close together in Leeds

But they do provide a nice warm place where you can look at the newest kit and be completely outnumbered by bored sales assistants.

[polygonum]

Are they actually owned by Sony? Or simply called Sony Centres (or whatever the name is/was)?

I note that our John Lewis now has a special Samsung stand in their computer/pad section - not quite as big as the Apple section, but very noticeable.

[Adam Funk]

retails could follow.. i,e

on-line. Trouble is those companies also want to seel quickely and in bulk to places like amazon perhaps if they stopped that.....

Well, Apple has fans of the brand itself. It's hard to imagine anyone saying, "Hey, let's see what new stuff this Sony/LG shop has!"

When you need a new TV, you're more likely to say "let's go look at TVs" (i.e., to a shop that sells them) than "let's go look at Sony/LG products" (a shop that sells that brand, including a few TVs).

[Apellation Controlee]

Aren't they franchised?

[polygonum]

They seem to allow people to buy from Sony online to pick up at local Sony Centre. I suspect that the online model has messed up their old simple franchise - anyone know more?

[whisky-dave]

Then why not ....

Aple seem to be showing teh way ahead here make a product that peole are actually willing to spend money on and sell it both on-line and in yuor own stores and you'll make money.

[Roland Perry]

In message , at 15:07:50 on Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Martin Brown remarked:

Panasonic have a shop in West Bridgford that seems to sell mainly impulse-buy LCD TVs, but it's some kind of franchise. They showed no interest whatsoever in either Laptop accessories or spares for Microwaves.

On the other hand, I bought my (Panasonic) laptop mail order from a different "Panasonic" store in Exeter, because it was not only the cheapest but the only one with stock. I think they some left over from a batch they'd got in for a local customer.

[djc]

There are at least three versions of the 'one brand' store/concession:

a, The whole thing is run by the company eg the major Apple stores. These are primarily a prestige showroom, they may show a profit on the retail sales, but that is probably the result of creative accounting.

b, It is a franchise: the operator has to make it pay, but will be assisted by special deals from the brand owner in exchange for offering only one brand.

c, Product placement, the retailer gets lots of signage etc from the brand to make a feature display. If the retailer is important enough, the brand may be paying the retailer for the space etc.

[Roland Perry]

In message , at 14:11:48 on Tue, 22 Jan

2013, djc remarked:

Or even has to pay more, because of the reflected glory from the brand.

As well as the space, there's the issue of who pays for the signage, and even who pays for the extra staff to work the signed area.

[Andy Champ]

actually willing to spend money on

Was that typed on an Apple keyboard?

Andy