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Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Fri, 11 May 2001 21:27:44 GMT
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> I've become a bit concerned by the shrinking Lego shelf-space phenomenon. I was
> in a K-Mart recently that had no Lego at all (and yes, it did have the
> competitors.) Recently, I've been in several KBs that had a disturbingly small
> amount of Lego. Generally, I tend to gauge (or rather, make a personal
> prediction) regarding the robustness of a store's Lego sales by the amount and
> type of SW Lego on the shelves (because SW has no doubt been their system bread-
> and-butter for the last 2 years.) My philosophy is that when the only Lego on
> the shelves is a few marked-down copies of 7124, 7131, or 7111, then Lego hasn't
> been selling very well, because nothing has been re-ordered. I know more than
> one KB that has 80-90% of the same Lego stock (both in terms of volume and
> actual inventory) that it had a year ago. Something evil is afoot.
>
> james
Funny? The KB I work for not only has the Chrome Castle sets but also just got
the Women's Soccer Team in. Just FYI.
-Mike Petrucelli
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