<< he didn't mention sell-through, for a good reason. It ain't happening...>>
Indeed. Here's a story from Radio Shack's hometown paper, where they don't sell Compaqs that have Intel inside, though they would've liked to.-g-
star-telegram.com
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"In November, we got up to bat and not only did we strike out, but let me tell you, we got hit in the head with the ball this time," said Len Roberts, president of Radio
Shack and chief executive-elect of Tandy. "And that ball was our computer program."
Tandy's ballyhooed Compaq store-within-a-store didn't deliver the higher sales that company officials had expected because other retailers were promoting
lower-priced personal computers.
Rivals Best Buy and Circuit City aggressively advertised computers priced as low as $599, while Tandy's lowest price was $999. Yesterday, Best Buy reported strong
sales of computers, and other products will push its quarterly profits higher.>>> |
