[rollei_list] Re: Kodak Discontinuing All B&W Paper

Dan,

Yes, they lose a little bit on each sale, but they make it up in volume. :-)

Jerry

Dan Kalish wrote:

> Correct me if I'm wrong but I was under the impression that most, if not
> all, companies that sell digital cameras are losing money on them.
>
> And I sure hope Nikon doesn't drop its film camera line in favor of digital.
>
> Dan
>
> > From: John Browning <j_browning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Kodak Discontinuing All B&W Paper
> > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:14:40 -0700
> >
> > This company has show continued loss of focus.  Its vacillated for
> > years between film and digital.  Only in the last year or so has it had
> > appreciable success commercially with digital.  Its focus on film has
> > been diminishing for more than 10-20 years.  This has been a company
> > without a successful plan.
> >
> > It may find a niche somewhere in the future.  But the niche it created
> > has largely been abandoned -- i.e. film dependent photography.   I know
> > it has a high-end focus on digital and some degree of low-end consumer
> > acceptance.  But I think it's missed the upscale "bourgeois" market in
> > digital which is occupied by Canon, Nikon, and Sony.
> >
> > John Browning
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 15, 2005, at 2:53 PM, Todd Belcher wrote:
> >
> > > Really? What do you base that on?
> > >
> > > todd
> > >
> > >
> > > On 15-Jun-05, at 2:36 PM, John Browning wrote:
> > >
> > >> The reality is that for a company like Kodak there is no profitable
> > >> niche...anywhere.
> > >> John Browning
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Jun 15, 2005, at 2:21 PM, TrueBadger@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> In a message dated 6/15/2005 10:48:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > >>> DFStein@xxxxxxx writes:
> > >>>> Hope not but I would have concentrated on manufacturing and
> > >>>> MARKETING
> > >>>> WELL
> > >>>> a
> > >>>> premier paper for the high end niche.   Wonder what John Sexton's
> > >>>> reaction
> > >>>> will be.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Reality is that for a firm the size of Kodak. there is no money in
> > >>> "high end
> > >>> niches" of any sort whatsoever.  There never has been.
> > >>>
> > >>> G. King
> > >>>
> > >>>
>
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