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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Canon has announced their new marketing strategy:

P4P'ers this was a funny post on the KonicaMInolta P4P, very funny!

Now that Ricoh combined the family (Gestetner, Savin, Lanier and Ricoh) and has purchased Ikon,And Xerox has purchased Global,And Konica Minolta has purchased Danka…

Canon has announced their new marketing strategy:SUPERSTORES!!!

(Pictured above is the new Canon Superstore in Kanpur, India)(just kidding!!)

But seriously, would you spend $1.6 billion to purchase a distribution network, and continue to allow your competition to make a profit selling through your new stores?

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Greg_Walters said...: lol; September 12, 2008 at 12:20 AM

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Canon has announced their new marketing strategy:

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