Leica Retail in London

[TimF]

This week's BJP carries an ad looking for Deputy Store manager and Assistants for a store opening in Mayfair, presumably in the early summer. Certainly a new venture, but one that many high-end and big-name brands seem to be going in for.

What existing dealers will think is another matter. I can imagine some dark mutterings will occur in certain quarters though.

[Mark_Norton]

I think you'd be well suited for the job Tim. Beats hanging around Hitchin library and just think about the employee discounts...

[TimF]

I haven't been in there in months Mark.

I'll tell Seal you said Hi though!

[Malcolm_Stewart]

...Like other ultra premium brands, Leica will soon open its own store in Mayfair London...

Which are the other "ultra premium brands"?

I assume we're discussing other than Canon, Nikon, Olympus etc... How about Alpa, Linhof?

[TimF]

I think we're generally discussing areas outside photography when considering so-called "ultra-premium brands" - think the fashion industry mostly (it might be facetious to include Apple, although they also have their own store in Regents Street of course).

I didn't manage to prise much comment from Ivor today. He did mention one possibility with the Mayfair store which could cause unrest amongst the dealers, but as always I won't reveal stuff like that because he asks me not to. Suffice to say though that others in the shop didn't seem convinced about it.

[parisian]

I didn't manage to prise much comment from Ivor today

But did you prise anything else out of him - M8 for instance?

[TimF]

But did you prise anything else out of him - M8 for instance?

Only mine which had come back from the fatherland - in a lovely black velvet drawstring bag. You don't get that from Canikon.

[Done_rundleCams]

...I did enter the contest to win a Free Pentax K7 ...Thanks Tim

Cheers,

Jack