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(...) It's not the upfront money, it's the projected sales that determine whether a new mold is produced. Trains, while popular among AFOLs, just don't sell well among Lego's target market. I imagine that the projected sales for 10170 is at most (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) As it happens, there was a magazine article in (Australian) Business Review Weekly this week primarily about the demise of TRU but also about Wal-Mart as it is the category-killer's killer. What it says ... Discounters [e.g. Wal-Mart] realised (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-05, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Hey there, I recently stumbled accross the following: (URL) for fifty pieces. Morne (21 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) To a certain extent, toys are a seasonal product. True there will be toys sales all year long, but the volume of toys sold is concentrated between November and February. I definately see this in my BL store (becuase I sell primarily sets). Toy (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) And then there's the economic impact of Wal-Mart. A recent study from the Pennsylvania State University, (URL) that the presence of Wal-Mart in a county increased the family poverty rate or lowered the magnitude of the decrease in family (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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