Thanks Diana~! Maybe it's time we open OUR OWN~!!!!!! I wonder if it would be a profitable? Hmmmm.... Any thoughts???? In a message dated 4/1/2010 8:07:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
both At 07:59 AM 4/1/2010, you wrote: >Diana, >For the words highlighted below, do you mean Maly's or Cosmoprof? > >Thanks~! :>) > > > > > > > > >In a message dated 4/1/2010 6:43:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: >Maggie, I was going to write about this a couple of months ago, but >forgot about it. It is not California. > >Maly's started slowly getting rid of the nail supplies. CND started >going first and now OPI. This started last year and slowly the >inventory is done to a 1/4 of what it was. >the girls said they had no idea what they would end up with, but >hardly anything. > >So went to Cosmo and said, hey Maly's iscutting back, why don't you >stock up. Well as of last month, they started putting OPI and CND on >a seperate shelf and informed me these will all be discontinued. We >will hardly carry any of the products. > >I purchase all polish, files, wipes, removers, pedicure lotions, >scrubs, dehydrators, ac brushes, etc. from these two stores. Refuse >to pay shipping and handling for these items. I do purchase ac and >gel from on-line distributors. > >So is this a distributor issue or manuf. issue? >Are sales so bad for OPI and CND that major dist. have to make room >for other manuf (non nail related). >Is OPI and CND doing great at sales, but the distributor wants more >room for hair produts? >What products are techs using? >Where are they buying? >How do new techs out of school know where to buy products?(students >always go to local dist. to get their first "feel") >How do they find out about diff. products? >Are the BIG 2 in financial trouble? >Are the distributors in financial trouble? >How much is someone willing to pay UPS for supplies? >Are prices going to have to be increased by techs to compensate for >purchasing ALL products thru shipping vs. distributors? >Do we adjust the mark up on these retail items more than the 100% >mark up and add the shipping and handling? >Will polish sales go down(dist) because if distributors do not carry >polish, colors are such a point of purchase sale (ah that looks >pretty, I will try that one), vs trying to see what the color looks >like on your monitor? >Purchases at trade shows to stock up, is not a good idea either, >because of the $50 charge of overweight baggage? >And when you do go to a trade show and love a product, you have to >think in the back of your head, okay, is this a product that I can >easily re-stock, and will it cost me a fortune to get it to my door? > >My rant Maggie, the world is a changin' and it will change the way we >do biz. diana from indiana > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "NailTech" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "NailTech" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
