Wow! Pentax with two models in the top ten is fantastic. What a turnarond. Paul On Feb 1, 2007, at 7:21 PM, Tom C wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/2244w4 > > Above is sales report from early January. > > As to one of the reasons why... > > Canon loses market share in January due to previous strong > performance: Canon lost a > little market share at the beginning of 2007, but this was due to > its strong showing during the > year-end shopping season, meaning that it did not have to dispose > of inventories. The top of > the sales rankings are filled with old models from other > manufacturers that have been > discounted to clear inventories. In our view, this shows how > successful Canon was at the end > of 2006. > > A different report predicts Canon will regain market share, excerpt > below. > > On the basis of the new CIPA forecast, Canon has effectively > indicated that it intends to gain significant share in DSLRs back > to >50%. As such, it is likely to threaten rivals such as > Nikon, the No. 2 player with a 30–35% share. > > Tom C. > > > > >> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: Re: bringing up an item I posted earlier >> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 18:52:10 -0500 >> >> Old numbers. What about 2006? Pentax current share of the Japan >> market is 10%. Canon has dropped to 35%. >> Paul >> On Feb 1, 2007, at 5:30 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: >> >> > On 02/02/07, Micah Kleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> One of the messages that didn't get on the list was a response >> to a >> >> question about Pentax's business. I was wondering about Pentax's >> >> market share outside of the US; I forgot where I saw it (it may >> have >> >> been Pentaxlife.com), but Pentax has a 10% share of the camera >> market >> >> in its home market, which seems to be pretty good given their >> >> competitors. >> > >> > As of March 2006 digital cameras accounted for 45.3% of Pentax >> sales, >> > and at that point Pentax was at the bottom of the markets share >> > ratings with less than 3% of the worldwide market for digital >> cameras. >> > DSLR global market shares for CY2005 put Pentax at 4.7%, Canon >> 53.3% >> > and Nikon at 28.3%. Thing are only going to get tougher in the DSLR >> > market, sales will peak in 2008 and start tailing off in 2009 and >> > prices will start making competition for market share >> aggressive, so >> > anyone on thin margins will suffer badly. Just my opinion of course >> > ;-) >> > >> > -- >> > Rob Studdert >> > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >> > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >> > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ >> > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >> > >> > -- >> > 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
