Hi, I would hardly miss Jessops one bit. They destroyed a lot of damn good local camera shops. Their only store which stocks anything useful, and has knowledgeable staff, is the professional basement on New Oxford St. It would be a shame to see that go.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Stoddart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 April 2005 16:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Digital is dead... Was: Film is dead... > > > On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > Sure, you would think so but pandering to investment > analysts by over > > inflating profitability has really only come into vogue of > late and > > yes they obviously over-estimated their market. > > Actually one of the points I have to give you is that Jessops > were floated last year, and of course prior to flotation you > want your share price to be valued as high as you possibly > can. So predicting that sales will increase and ignoring the > fact that meant every person would need to have > 4 digicams each in a couple of years was probably par for the course. > > Personally I hope it hurts them hard; they have become > boring, soulless shops since they became digiconsumer > emporiums, taking over as many local camera shops as they > could in the process. But I do wonder what will happen when > we've reached digicam market saturation. Surely not far off now? > > Chris > > > >
