Da negoziante quale sono, quoto molti vostri pensieri, e spezzo due lance, una a favore dei negozianti, ed una a favore di CRC e tutti gli altri mail order!
Al giorno d'oggi pensare di concorrere con mail order come CRC è completamente folle.
Nessun negozio fisico potrà mai offrire una vastità di disponibilità prodotti come il CRC di turno, ma mi pare ovvio questo!
E' come se un alimentari di paese pretendesse di avere la stessa scelta di vini o birre (o qualsiasi altro prodotto) offerti da un grosso ipermercato di un grosso centro commerciale.
Vado forse controcorrente e controtendenza, ma non vedo molto giustificate le crociate che certi negozianti portano avanti verso i portali di vendita online!
E' concorrenza, ci sta!
Starà a noi negozianti trovare le valide alternative per stare a galla, per fare bene il proprio lavoro e vivere ancora della nastra passione!
Si dovrà puntare su ciò che CRC non offre, un servizio valido (e dico valido) di assistenza meccanica (mica tutti mettono le mani al proprio mezzo), consigli, scambio pareri, uscite in bici assieme, vendita di prodotti soprattutto bici di un certo tipo, che per forza di cose ancora vengono acquistate nei negozi fisici, offerte sul ritiro di usato, etc....
Insomma...credo che si possa continuare a convivere, mail order e sivende...a ognuno il proprio, basta darsi da fare, aver onesta, serietà e passione! ;)
ciao a TUTTI
come addetto ai lavori, quoto quanto scritto da m2, possono coesistere sia i negozi online e quelli fisici.
mi chiedo come mai questi spagnoli si siano intestarditi contro CRC e non contro altri.
leggendo bene su
www.antichainreaction.com ha trovato un messaggio molto serio e ben documentato, dove spiega le motivazioni per cui CRC e' la realta' di cui tutti siamo a conoscenza oggi.
Indubbiamente si tratta di gente molto in gamba, pero' certe cose mi lasciano a bocca aperta, tipo il fatto delle spedizioni pagate in parte dall'unione europea........e altre cose molto molto interessanti.
per chi di voi che se la cava bene con l'inglese ecco il messaggio:
28 enero,
Online stores are generally not a problem. A problem is when their strategy is benefitting from local distributors efforts without participating in cost and investments from those local distributors and competing just on price.
For the UK market theres balance and control as they are the customers of the UK distributors. But the balance starts to turn over there as they start to buy distributors such as Hotlines and Decade.
The problem appears outside the UK:
Because they dont have any cost and because they are the customer of the local distributors, the balance is gone and they cannot be controlled.
This will heavily damage the markets outside UK, the brands, shops and consumers.
Who will sponsor of an event in France, Germany, Italy or Poland for example, if the money is earned in the UK only.
Who will help to create tracks, build commuities, support the sport, provding the base of the industry ?
CRC is present only on the web, but physically not in other countries.
This is simple mathematics what will be paid what is the cost and who benefits from the sales and who has to cover the cost connected.
CRCs is dominating already the UK market and their future focus is growing outside UK.
UK distributors do not care unless theres pressure from the brand. CRC is a good customer for all of them and earn a lot of pounds.
CRC gets more and more powerful. UK distributors Hotlines and Decade have been taken over by CRC. They are looking for more.
Brands like Michelin, Urge, Azonic, No Fear, EVS, Answer and many many more are already under their control.
CRC is already the strongest advertiser in the UK and gets into the position to be able to control magazines.
The independence of the magazines is already at risk. They start to control the distribution side in the UK bringing all the brands to CRC to be able to sell them worldwide with their discount strategy.
They want to own distribution to be able control the famours brands and sell them wherever they want to whatever price they want.
Destroying the competition means also destoying the natural economic balance. At certain stage it is imaginable, that prices will not be cheap anymore, if theres no counter part and just one company controls.
This will not happen within the next 3 years, but is an option on the table for them in the future.
Their strategy as a business makes sense. Really.
As profit driven company they are looking for opportunities to sell as much products as possible at the lowest cost direct to consumer having 2 margins (wholesale and dealer). They make unbelievable money with that strategy, appearing at the same time as cheap. Sounds super smart and is supersmart is nobody is going to control them.
Good for the wallet of the consumer.
At a first glance.
They are whether holy nor the salvation army.
Their logistics is located in northern Ireland and their headoffice is in Scotland.
Why ?
Because they get subsidaries from the Irish gouvernment which enables them to ship worldwide at local shipping cost. With european union taxmoney.
Good for the market ?
Good for brand building and good for getting quality products ?
Good for the independence of the press ?
Good for a shop network that helps consumers with their workshop and know how on a Friday, before the planned weekend bicycle action ?
Good for independence of brands, dealers and consumers ?
Good for the jobs in the industry ?
Good for motivated enthusiast people in the stores, on the tracks, in clubs who spend far more time and energy for the cycling sport, than they get paid for ?
I doubt.
CRC is a business predator and everybody should be aware of their business targets.
Conquering market share, elimating distributors, controlling brands and pricing. Thats their religion.
Think about it.
This is a development, not a single incident.
) ma se capitava ad un francese a un tedesco o a te?
allora bisogna fare un cartello verso questo negozio....perchè non è possibile che dalle tue parti si vada a figa dal sivende....e qui dalle mie parti al max ti rifilano un lucchetto usato.......rotto!fine ot!
