Re: [Epic] GW Cycles

From: Colen McAlister <brother_morgan_at_...>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 10:58:37 +0100

In article <356FCC45.13E9_at_...>, Alan E & Carmel J Brain
<aebrain_at_...> writes
>For the life of me, I can't figure out why GW had such a huge sale. The
>hypothesis that they were getting rid of non-sellers rather falls flat
>when you consider that a fair few WH40K and WHFB minis were sold at
>knock-down prices too.
>
>Obviously the Managers were told "get us $ NOW and we don't care how
>much stock goes in the process."
>
>I can think of 3 hypotheses that are consistent with the evidence:
>
>1) GW wants to buy something. WOC perhaps?
>2) Someone's playing Elasticity of Demand games in Marketing.
>3) Loans are due.
>
>But these are merely hypotheses. Still 1) has a certain charm.
>
Or maybe they were overstocked and had to clear some warehouse space?

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Colen 'Not Colin' McAlister        <mailto:brother_morgan_at_...>
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