On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:41:53 -0000, John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> So many small stores have to face massive competition from internet >> giants, operating from warehouses but I wonder in the UK if the >> biggest threat is now from supermarkets. >> >> A couple of months ago I visited the Tesco store in Purley, Surrey >> and was stunned at the two floor configuration with escalators for >> pushing the trolleys up and down and the vast variety of products >> from car parts, electrical products to furniture - almost literally >> the one stop shop. The prices were at worst equal to internet stores >> and many prices were cheaper than Costco etc or second hand goods >> via eBay! >> >> Now one of the supermarkets has commenced taking on the local estate >> agents, obviously figuring that there is a lot of window space to >> display properties and a large captive market coming there anyway. >> >> I note that the new K10D is stocked by Tesco..... > > > Soon they'll put all the small local firms out of busines and then they > can > charge what they want and you'll have no alternative but to buy. Doom and gloom predictions seldom come true. If people want specialist shops, specialist shops will survive. And if the big stores start charging too much, an opportunity will be created for smaller shops. But they won't charge too much, because of competition from the internet, and from other large stores. I'm sure that we'll still be able to get whatever we want, at a lower price than we used to pay, by buying online. We just won't be able to fondle things in a local shop. People like Tom C were predicting Pentax's demise a couple of years ago. It hasn't happened. On the contrary, Pentax have just released a great camera which, apart from not being full-frame and not having an aperture simulator, surpasses everybody's hopes at a price below everybody's expectations. Life is sometimes better than we give it credit for. John > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it > is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email > in error please notify Carmel College > on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. > > Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email > attachments for viruses we cannot > guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any > responsibility for viruses. > > Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for > inappropriate content, the college cannot > be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. > The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and > Carmel College cannot be held > responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a > message. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
