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本帖最後由 vincecharus 於 2015-3-4 12:07 編輯
Leica can be profitable in its market, but no company can be profitable beyond its market.
If Leica sticks to its customer base (aficionados, artists, high-end pros, luxury goods buyers, overzealous amateurs) and expand organically, it can quite competently serve its satisfed customers and make a profit.
The problem with private equity is the ruthless and relentless pursuit of short term profit at any cost, even at the expense of destroying the company within a few years. The reckless expansion of production facilities and over ambitious sales plans are completely unrealistic. There is no way so many customers can be converted to the Leica way is so short a span of time.
Yesterday I chatted with a studio owner branching into video production. Like many people with real knowledge of photography, he considered Leica to be a joke. Of course he has tried it, but he simply didn't like it. Leica fans brought up with Leica film cameras are biased towards Leica, out of habits if not of merits. Just imagine how many more photographers of all levels are brought up with Japanese cameras and what their preferences would be.
So the problem is with Blackstone, not Leica.
Money brings out absolutely the worst in people
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