Hi!
I had a recollection that they were publically traded but wasn't sure ,thanks for clearing it up!
"huge" is relative. While 91 million pounds sterling is a lot of money its very small when to compared other markets like consumer electronics which reach the billions of pounds. GW is certainly a big, but in a small niche and also they are not the biggest "fish in that small niche when compared to WOTC and Hasbro.
They do make great minis though, although other companies have closed that gap quite considerably and for far less money. GW could justify their prices for many years because simply put there was really no comparison in quality. Nowadays that difference is quite smaller, hardly justifiable for the sometimes large price difference.
What history scale and period do you favor?
Peter
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From: "ahickey1118" <ahickey_at_...>
To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] GW & criticism
> I'm a lurker here, and I will almost certainly return to lurking
> after I write this message. But I feel that is necessary to correct
> a misconception that some appear to have about GW. I would like to
> note that I'm not necessarily a great fan of GW, although I don't
> hate them either. They don't make the best games, but they do make
> very nice--although pricy--minatures.
>
> GW is a publicly traded company, not privately held. I took this
> information off of their investor relations website
> (investor.games-workshop.com if you are interested):
>
> "How do I buy and sell shares in Games Workshop?
> Games Workshop shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange with
> the identity GAW.L In most countries, your bank, building
> society, `share shop' or stockbroker should be able to buy and sell
> shares on your behalf from the London Stock Exchange using that code."
>
> Also, as a wargamer who primarily plays historical games, any game
> company that sells 91 million pounds sterling of gaming stuff a year
> is absolutely *huge* in my book.
>
> -Adam
>
> --- In netepic_at_y..., "Peter Ramos" <primarch_at_c...> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > > Of course GW can turn their noses up at their customers. They
> are a
> > > privately traded company and private companies can do that. Of
> > > course, we all know that if they were a public company their
> > > shareholders would bitch-slap them for such shabby business
> > > practices, force them to listen to their customers, make changes
> to
> > > their products and lower prices to increase their market base and
> > > profits.
> >
> > Thats true. Although in this time of recession, with less
> expendable income we'll see how "well" they do this year.
>
>
>
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