Aaron, I have no knowledge of Pentax's internal accounting statements. I am speculating based on public interview with the Pentax CEO last year. That would be about the right time frame for unfolding this Samsung stuff now.
Also, I imagine the market here in the US is quite different from Canada. Independant camera shops are mostly gone. The market is controlled by a small group of 10-15 buyers for the major chains - Wal-Mart, Target, K-mart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Comp USA, Office Depot, Office Max, Staples, Ritz/Wolf Camera,... What Pentax sells to these buyers is what will appear on display in the US. I haven't seen a Pentax Optio in these stores for over a year, maybe 18 months. Regards, Bob S. On 7/4/06, Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this fact or speculation? Pentax Canada experienced both their highest > profits and largest volume of sales in the company's history, fueled by their > profits on Optio sales. It's possible that Japan could sell to North America > at a loss, but it would be a really bad idea, especially since Pentax in > Canada and the USA are merely resellers and not actual arms of Pentax in > Japan. > > -Aaron > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Aaron, > I'm saying that Pentax had profit problems with the P&S line after > everybody got into the Optio S size cameras and decided to make a > strategic withdrawal. Having good sales, but loosing a little bit on > each camera is not a good idea. They turned the market over to > somebody with more consumer electronics muscle. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
