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Re: Slim pickings everwhere
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lugnet.market.theory
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Wed, 29 Dec 1999 13:58:11 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> Kevin Salm wrote:
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> > From a profitable sales prospective, the idea of moving product from store to
> > store would seem to work. And if used, would definitely increase the revenue
> > of each participating outlet.
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> No! No! Never! Don't say that, they could be listening. <shifty looks>
Yes, *they* are listening :)
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> ...or option (3), let their poor planning and handling bite them in the rear while
> we buy sets at well below wholesale cost. I actually enjoy doing that, because
> most mega-retailers are little better than sacrophytes who strangle small business,
> and if I can get what I want and have it cost them money too, I'm all too glad to
> do it (within reason, natch--theft is wrong!). The wholesaler gets their money,
> TLG gets their profit, I get sets for 85-90% off retail, and it's the retailer who
> has to take the loss--a loss they wouldn't have to take if they'd just get their
> act together. That, however, might take a radical step like "paying good people
> what they're worth," that most giant überstores are unlikely to make.
*sigh* [climbs on small soapbox] The retailers and TLC are cooperative
partners in the situation that exists. Each has its own turf and wants
to keep it that way. Perhaps Lego product should be thought of as 'snack
food for the mind'. The snack food vendors have a wide variety of
product that degrades over a shorter period of time. The snack food
vendors are (generally) responsible for stocking shelves, removing
outdated product and seeing to it that things look correct ever day or
two. Wouldn't it be nice if we saw big Lego-emblazened step vans roaming
the streets chock full of product. Every store would always have the
correct amount to satisfy a weeks demand. True, we would have a harder
(or possibly impossible) time finding the FOTWs as we do now. But you
could always know that current product was available and at correct
stocking levels.
To carry the analogy on step farther, think about bread & cake vendors.
What do they do with 'stale' product ? They have a local outlet store.
[thoughts of 'day old Lego' drift through my mind :) ] Its a dream, one
that will, in all probability, never happen. Its just that the current
way of doing things is so darn inefficient. [climbs down from soapbox,
looks for breakfast food]
Ray
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| (...) No! No! Never! Don't say that, they could be listening. <shifty looks> (...) This is true of most of the megastores--even more so now that we're below 4% (!!!) unemployment in many states. The Wal-Mart near my home in NJ can't even find (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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