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Upcoming Film Price Wars - Kodak vs. Fuji...
Let's not forget the good news buried in Kodak's "death of film" press release (before back-treading..). Kodak planned to reduce cost of their films to compete with Fuji for the declining market of film sales volume "aggressively" - i.e., a price war! ;-) ;-) Granted, Kodak may no longer make all the emulsions we want, but the ones they do make, they will be selling for much less. Since they haven't been putting $$ into basic film R&D for almost a decade now (longer for B&W), they can't rely on their past technology advantages over Fuji or even AGFA. So they will have to compete on price, and compete aggressively if they don't want to lose market share and still significant film profits to Fuji and Agfa and other players likely to bring out new and improved films during the coming decade(s). I see the fifteen cent made in China disposable cameras (vs. $1 disposable cameras made in USA per recent thread posting from Kodak filing) as part of this future "price war". Kodak has allowed competitors like Agfa to dominate this lucrative and growing end of the film market for years. So I wouldn't be surprised at a price war in disposable cameras aimed to grabbing lost marketshare in this highly profitable segment from Agfa et. al. So if Kodak keeps to its announced plans, then we can expect to see even lower prices for film stocks and disposable cameras etc., right? So instead of film prices going up as sales decline, Kodak's forecast suggests that film prices (in USA at least) may decline noticeably? ;-) grins bobm -- ************************************************** ********************* * Robert Monaghan POB 752182 Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas Tx 75275 * ********************Standard Disclaimers Apply************************* |
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