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Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 25 Oct 1999 01:46:52 GMT
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Troy Cefaratti <dnbnprime@hotmail#ihatespam#.com>
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> #1 & 2 are probably WalMart and K-Mart (tied).
> #3 is probably TRU (about 40-50 stores in Florida)
> close behind might be #4 Kay Bee Toys & #5 Target
#1 Walmart
#2 Target
#3 K-Mart
There was just an article on this in Newsweek a couple weeks ago,
concentrating mostly on Target and all of the new stores they just opened
up.
Of course, this is just for general retail. It does not reflect their
percentage of Lego sales.
> For AFOLs to make an impact, I believe that we have to approach TLG
> with something close to $250K orders to get any respect. Right now, TLG
> sells blue tubs & purple buckets (which may or may not be a current
> product). Asking TLG to spin up another bulk tub for a fraction of the
> blue tub gross would not go over in Enfield.
This was my main point, that AFOLs acting as individual end users would not
be able to convince Lego to do anything. It would take an AFOL who just
happens to also be a major retailer!
Troy
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| (...) My take on retailers.... #1 & 2 are probably WalMart and K-Mart (tied). K-Mart had some management problems a few years back, but they are cleaning up their act fast. In Florida, I believe the numbers are ~170 K-Mart stores and ~150 WalMart (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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