Kodak Warning + Later Clarification

[gbroadbridge]

Film is complicated to make, there is nothing complicated about its distribution.

As an importer of a large range of products myself from various countries, I can think of many complex issues surrounding import and distribution of film.

Statutory labelling issues, Hazard management, environmental compliance issues, local regulations, damage during transport, taxes, management of batch numbers and expiry dates, just off the top of my head.

 

[chuckroast]

How sure are you about that?

I was speaking relatively. The point is that Kodak could (relatively) easily just become a drop shipper for eCommerce channels, never much deal with customers, and likely improve their profit position considerably.

 

[dcy]

Yeah, the car things wasn't the best analogy, but CarMax is just another middleman, charging the end consumer a premium to hide all the annoying details, that's what the $2k delivery fee and inflated prices are for, I assume.

Exactly. It also illustrates that a middle man can indeed value (e.g. convenience) and make a solid business from that. My understanding is that CarMax has pretty healthy profit margins, even though nobody is forced to buy from them.

To try to bring the conversation back to Kodak, I do not wish for Kodak Alaris to just disappear. I wish for Eastman Kodak to be able to choose whichever distributor they want. If Alaris is better at distributing Kodak film than anyone else, then kudos to them.

 

[0x001688936CA08]

To try to bring the conversation back to Kodak, I do not wish for Kodak Alaris to just disappear. I wish for Eastman Kodak to be able to choose whichever distributor they want. If Alaris is better at distributing Kodak film than anyone else, then kudos to them.

Agree 100%

 

[George Mann]

So I guess with the extra 500 million we get Kodachrome back! 135, 127, 620 and 828!! Rock on!

We need to continue to rally them to produce a Kodachrome biased E6.