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(...) The Small Retailer Program does exist, and retailers can get access to a subset of the LDMI item list. People at LEGO's SRP are very willing to work with retailers, but there are still S@H exclusives, I believe, that small retailers can't (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Jake would know for sure, but I do believe there is a North American LEGO fullfillment option called the Small Retailer Program. I don't know anything about it but I suspect that product actually comes from LDMI (Shop At Home). Perhaps the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Lines? I'd heard that restriction had been lifted, at least partially, but that maybe there was still a restriction on assortment within a line. I would love it if even the LEGO brand retail stores would be allowed to order what sells... more (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) should be pushing those lines which aren't carried at the big boxes, like Mindstorms and trains. My impression is that the independents are forced into carrying certain lines in any contract with Lego, and those lines aren't liked by the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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"John Riley" <Rohnjiley@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:IFxAqJ.18y9@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) TLG. (...) took me (...) Otherwise, we (...) years. (...) [ ... snipped ... ] While I don't disagree with what you have written, I will (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I don't think it's missed market opportunities but the nature of the product. Most kids who want a train set want something they can set on the track right out of the box and don't want to have to mess with building the train first. So by its (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) OK, so let's be realistic: most retailers (especially the big three toy retailers in the US: TRU, Wal-Mart, and Target) are not going to sell Lego trains year-round; trains tend to be strictly a holiday purchase, and otherwise languish on the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) Dealing with a mall can be tricky. Often they are owned by companies that have several malls in an area. They often only accept larger deals, in which a chain has to commit to put a store/play area in EACH of those malls. Also, having a Lego (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) Perhaps the lack of sales of trains with LEGO's target markes is because THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW LEGO TRAIN EXIST!! In the USA, train sets have been available at standard retail outlets only sporatically ever since the introduction of Lego trains (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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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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Don't worry about it, Admin is much smarter that to get on shaky ground. It has already been discarded. Paul (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I think you're right. And I think it's partly my fault! (1) Retailers are getting much better at supplier management, inventory management, just in time replenishment, and most importantly, sales prediction, thanks to increased integration (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) I think it is their improving inventory control. They probably realized they have to tighten up in order to be competitive with Walmart, which I understand has a running inventory update and automatic reordering as items go through the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) Um, don't you mean "CLOSE to 0"?? If you did a trade with a BrickLink store, you surely did it via buying stuff from that store. (washed by that store buying stuff from yours to even it out or close to it) To do otherwise (to set up a side (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Some thoughts: While using cash is a pretty efficient way of doing things, it does have a cost. Surre, the cost is often pretty minimal, but nevertheless there is a cost. Of course a trade has its own costs. TANSTAAFL - There Aint No Such Thing As A (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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