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Re: New LEGO Stores!
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lugnet.lego
Date: 
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 03:00:43 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote:
Contrary to popular belief, we [do] think about things in the most "success
oriented" way.

Well, I guess that rules out my dartboard/blindfold theory, huh? :)

For instance, why not some of the areas you mention? Because there are better
LEGO markets for us in other parts of the country. Tapping into those great
LEGO markets is priority #1. (I notice you didn't comment on the 2 stores in
your area though ;) hehe). Once we've gotten the solid markets out of the
way, then we can start to build up new/potential markets.

<snip>

I'm sorry if I seem a little frustrated by this.

I sympathize with you.  Really, I do.  And it's nice to know at least some of
the reasoning behind where new stores are opened, but from what little we've
known up until now, a scant few were placed in "big" locations, like the MoA in
Minnesota, but every time a new batch of locations is announced, it seems (to
us, at least) like there are a lot of locations that we'd consider to be
redundant, while the growth into completely new areas is painfully slow.  I
guess my biggest concern here is that the most obvious source of market info I
can think of is the mall kiosks.  That doesn't give me much hope of ever seeing
one locally, since the kiosk prices were jacked through the roof, and I live in
an area that has a very high penny mortality rate due to pinch-related stress.
It's not that LEGO sets don't sell well here, but rather that they don't sell
well at kiosk prices when you can drive half a block away and find them cheaper
at TRU.



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  Re: New LEGO Stores!
 
(...) Contrary to popular belief, we do think about things in the most "success oriented" way. There are many reasons that I will not (and cannot) go into here for the reasons we choose one location over another. But new business ventures require a (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)

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