TomC, 20 some years ago there was a study of companies market share and profitability (PIMS). It has shaped thinking on the subject and corporate actions since then. In short, it looked across a broad array of markets and companies (1,000's) and found there were two ways to make a good profit in an industry. Either you had to be the big dog - market share leader with a majority share (or maybe you #2) to make money or you had to be a niche player who survives by creating value and special customer features that the big dogs couldn't be bothered matching or squashing.
Point is, it's OK to be a small market share survivor in the camera market if that is your objective. Stop beating Pentax up for it. Regards, Bob S. On 8/18/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Point it out the nonsense then to me big guy. I don't root for failure, > neither am I wearing a short cheerleaders uniform jumping around on the > sidelines. It seems like some here grasp for every shread of positive news > they can get and then exaggerate it into something it's not. > > Fine, Pentax has one model that one recent week in Japan was the 3rd best > selling DSLR. We don't know what made it a 3rd best seller or the actual > number of units sold compared to best sellers 1 and 2. Why did it sell so > well? Features? Price? A price cut? The fact that it was Japan? > > Pentax has between a 3 - 4% share of the world-wide digital camera market. > That's it. So for every 3 or 4 cameras Pentax sells (DSLR and other > digital), there are 96 or 97 other non-Pentax cameras sold. > > That's not exactly operating from a position of strength in a market that > appears to be pretty cut throat. > > Tom C. > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > numbered." > > > > > > > > >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan > >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:26:33 -0400 > > > >Of course you care whether Pentax succeeds. You root for failure. You > >try to find the dark side of everything. Most of what you say is > >nonsense. > >Paul > >On Aug 17, 2006, at 7:59 PM, Tom C wrote: > > > > > Hey you ARE attacking me with words like that. I'm merely pointing > > > out 1) > > > the partial nature of the data and 2) that there's more than one > > > way to view > > > it aside from the superficially shouting "You go, Pentax!". > > > > > > I really don't care that much whether Pentax is a scuccess or > > > failure. They > > > will be what they are with or without me. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > > > numbered." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > > >> Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan > > >> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:17:01 -0400 > > >> > > >> HAR! You wonder why your positions here have been attacked. > > >> Pentax couldn't possibly be doing well. Never! Of course not. And if > > >> anyone critiques your negativity, they're apologists for Pentax, > > >> right? > > >> My local camera store told me that they were amazed by the demand for > > >> the K100. In the past, they've rarely stocked any Pentax equipment. > > >> Now they have the K100 and all the DA lenses. > > >> On Aug 17, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Tom C wrote: > > >> > > >>> It's one Pentax model vs. how many Canons combined? > > >>> > > >>> It's only a one-week snapshot of the country of Japan. > > >>> > > >>> It's a new model so one might anticipate high sales shortly after > > >>> release, > > >>> to be likewise eclipsed by sales of a subsequent model (Pentax or > > >>> competitor). > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Tom C. > > >>> > > >>> "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, > > >>> debriefed or > > >>> numbered." > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > > >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > > >>>> Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan > > >>>> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:54:03 +0100 > > >>>> > > >>>> It's nice to see Pentax ahead of all the Canons. Be interesting > > >>>> to watch > > >>>> the share price over the next few months. With any luck that nasty > > >>>> asset-stripper Abe X will sell up and move on. > > >>>> > > >>>> John > > >>>> > > >>>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:50:45 +0100, Mark Roberts > > >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> keith_w wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Mark Roberts wrote: > > >>>>>>> > > >>>> http://www.dslrphoto.com/2006/08/17/japan-most-popular-digital- > > >>>> camera-ranking-aug-7-to-aug-13-2006/ > > >>>>>>> Behind the Nikon D200 and the Sony A100, but ahead of a whole > > >>>>>>> lot of > > >>>>>>> Canons and Nikons. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> The K100D sells there for only US$550? > > >>>>>> Is that without lens? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> And the Sony A100 is $722! > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >>>> PDML@pdml.net > > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >>> PDML@pdml.net > > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >> PDML@pdml.net > > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >PDML@pdml.net > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
