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Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus mucking the retail trade around
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:32:57 +0100
It seems very hard to believe that any mainstream manufacturer would agree to 
distribute only through independent shops and forgo distribution through a 
major nationwide chain like Jessops. If Campkins really believed that, then I 
think they were a bit naive.

Cheers,
Nathan


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On Jan 11, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Chris Barker wrote:

> I visited Campkins Cameras in Cambridge on Saturday, hoping to spot an E-P2; 
> I was disappointed in that hope.
> 
> The chap, from whom I bought my E-1 a few years ago, told me that he didn't 
> know when the E-P2 would appear in the shop and he appeared not to care.  
> Their experience with the E-P1 seems to have caused this lack of interest.  
> They were promised by Olympus that the E-P1 would be going only to the 
> independent shops, so they ordered stock.  They then found that Jessops, a 
> major chain, was stocking the camera at the same time.  Worse than that, 
> Jessops is going out of business, it seems, and is discounting heavily.  
> 
> They are not happy with Olympus ...
> 
> Chris
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