dave lackey
Veteran
A little before my time.🙂
As I recall, the luxury automobile manufacturer went downscale. Packard disappeared eventually. History is a great teacher so I wonder if there are lessons to be learned about the current camera markets and products being made... I could be way off but my information and impressions are dependent on what I read lately, not from experience.
It is a sad thing to see the state of the once-proud manufacturers empty buildings on CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2013/11/06/ab-anthony-bourdain-detroit-4.cnn
A far cry from this (with beautiful photos of Packard cars):
http://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/bathtub-packard-history/
It seems that confusing and overlapping models make things worse especially when competing at lower level markets. Mercedes Benz has successfully maintained the high end with enough low end models to keep the flagships moving forward which, in turn, trickled down all kinds of brand specific items. Currently, it seems that Leica is doing that but with too many confusing models. ICBW... so I ask the question, can lessons be learned from Packard's demise?
As I recall, the luxury automobile manufacturer went downscale. Packard disappeared eventually. History is a great teacher so I wonder if there are lessons to be learned about the current camera markets and products being made... I could be way off but my information and impressions are dependent on what I read lately, not from experience.
It is a sad thing to see the state of the once-proud manufacturers empty buildings on CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2013/11/06/ab-anthony-bourdain-detroit-4.cnn
A far cry from this (with beautiful photos of Packard cars):
http://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/bathtub-packard-history/
It seems that confusing and overlapping models make things worse especially when competing at lower level markets. Mercedes Benz has successfully maintained the high end with enough low end models to keep the flagships moving forward which, in turn, trickled down all kinds of brand specific items. Currently, it seems that Leica is doing that but with too many confusing models. ICBW... so I ask the question, can lessons be learned from Packard's demise?
