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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (First Week of September 2014)
There's a really cool blog below about cold calling for wide format. If you don't cold call for wide format that's cool too. Cold calling still works but you need a plan. I ended up selling that client, the lease is up this month, however I did sell him on pre-owned and the purchase option was $1. Actually going there tomorrow! Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! Inbound Marketing For Sales Reps (and Sales Vets) Czech · 9/1/144:31 PM . (I certainly have.) Last year...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in May 2003
Wow, a lot of excellent topics from the P4P'ers. I especially liked "the new push to get rid of paper"! Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend here in the USA. New Xerox Printers and Multifunction Printers: Easy to Use Affordable, Reliable Techn 5/21/087:03 PM New Xerox Printers and Multifunction Printers : Easy to Use Affordable, Reliable Technology for Small Businesses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardware • Sharp Introduces A4 MFP Line, First...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Last Week in April 2003
Cool thread here for everyone, you should check this one out. Sometimes you cannot satisfy a customer, no matter how much customer service you provide, and how well the system operates. Case in point...We have had this customer for 8 years, and had sold them a Savin 2527, and a Savin 4027sp as the latest series. They had a 48 month lease contract with full service, and had been happy up to 3 years ago, from what they say. I received a letter they sent to the leasing company stating they did...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in May 2008
One of the threads below gives reference to the one of the first true A4 MFP's that had an optional finisher. Hard to believe that some copier manufacturers offer an A4 MFP with finishing today. It's been ten YEARS! Give the clients what they want! Weekend Copier Notes from 05/04/08 Neal · 5/4/089:29 PM -635 gloss coating system (aqueous or UV) o Incorporates a KAMA die cutter and stacker conveyor o Pricing unknown - Xerox announced that it will relabel CD-ROM duplicators made by Vinpower...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of August 2004)
Still watching the Mets doing this blog in advance. Enjoy these awesome threads from 15 years ago this week! Konica Minolta Q1 profit down 8/8/049:41 PM printers have also boosted the quarterly earnings of Canon Inc , Ricoh Co and U .S.-based Xerox Corp (XRX), which said its profit more than doubled and raised its outlook for the full year. Konica Minolta said that sales in its mainstay copier and printer division fell 4.1 percent to 144.06 billion yen, hurt by a rise in the yen and price...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Second Week of September 2014)
Wow, what a week? A couple of weeks ago I realized my funnel was sucking wind for September. With August ending on the 23rd by the time Labor Day was finished I'm already 28% into my month. In addition this coming Monday I have a charity golf event then Thursday and Friday of this coming I'll be in the Big Apple for the BTA East event. What's a sales guy to do? One is to prospect your ass off and the other is to try and make up some days. Thus everyday this week I was in the office by...
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"MFP Wars" Hi Speed A3 MFP's vs A4 MFP's
Thank goodness I've kept the old blog site alive. In recent months there's been quite a bit of chatter about A4 MFP's Most of those talk tracks center around A4's MFP's have less service calls than A3's MFP's, along with the lower cost of A4 MFP's vs A3 MFP's. It's also true that probably 80-85% of all clients do not have the need to print, copy or scan 11x17. However what most don't chat about is the cost per page of A4 MFP's compared to A3 MFP's. Typically an A4 MFP will have a higher per...
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Re: 57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 8"
Best wishes. The greater the activity the greater the results. Best wishes for a great year.
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
Samsung should buy Xerox and get rid of the freeloader Ursula Burns!!! I know of very few if any companies that reward a CEO for making a company worse off now than when they took over!!!
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
everyone jumped on the bandwagon on print is dead, OMG we need to do something! OMG the sky is falling!! Print is not dead, print is migrating, we just need to follow it.
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
My gut tells me the imaging business will be sold off to someone soon. I know Samsung has more money than god but will the govt allow it to happen? Canon, Ricoh, Kyocera, and KM cried when that was possible a while back and it was blocked by the Japanese govt. I hate to say it but if your a SAMSUNG dealer like I am, I'm licking my chops to see what happens. Sharp bought the biggest independent dealer in our market about 6 or 7 years ago and ran it in the ground so I will have no problem...
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
Jason "I know Samsung has more money than god but will the govt allow it to happen?" what government are referring to?
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The Japanese government stopped it before...No longer a Japanese company!!!...Open to the highest bidder!!!
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Can't wait to hear the spin from Sharp here in the US tomorrow.
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
Art, all I heard from our Ricoh, Canon, and Samsung reps were that when Sansung put a bid in for the copier business all the copier companies pleaded with the Japanese govt to not allow Samsung to buy them because it had the potential to put them out of business. I can't confirm it personally but canon and Ricoh people have told me that.
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
I also cannot wait to hear what kind of spin SIICA puts on it in the coming days. My guess is damage control because I have said in posts I feel like how many hits can your ship take before it sinks....I think they are getting close to that last hit....I can only imagine how they will sell this news to their dealers and customers.
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
Not so fast on the speculation! Foxconn has put off signing the purchase agreement with Sharp based upon just revealed documents suggesting a contingent liability into the many billions of yen. A contingent liability is a potential liability...it depends on a future event occurring or not occurring. For example, if a parent guarantees a daughter's first car loan, the parent has a contingent liability. If the daughter makes her car payments and pays off the loan, the parent will have no...
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
I just read that also, see what happens when you doze off for 8 eight hours. From what I've read, seems Gou is a lot like Trump. I would not doubt if this is another attempt to lower the acquisition cost. Was Sharp holding something back? Who knows, although it's not surprising since Sharp is mired in so much debt. I think the deal will be signed by the 29th and there maybe some renegotiating by both parties. The Foxconn deal gives the share holder loot and the INCJ does not
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
According to an Asian financial expert on CNBC this AM, the Foxconn deal is actually very destructive to Sharp shareholder value and not a good thing. Foxconn will gain control of 2/3rds of Sharp. Before the sale can be finalized and controlling shares transferred it has to get the approval of Japanese regulators who may not be keen to let let the first major Japanese Corporation fall into the hands of a non Japanese company.
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
I actually read the oppo last night. lol They may not be keen to let Sharp go, however the INCJ plan eliminates the billions of debt that the Japanese banks are holding, the foxconn plan give Sharp the much need cash to pay that debt.
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
Andy posted this today: http://industryanalysts.com/22...;utm_campaign=buffer Looks like Foxconn is going to invest $450M into the Business Solutions Division worldwide. I don't think they plan on selling it, especially if it's one of their more profitable divisions.
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
Well what would you expect from IA, since Sharp is possibly of their accounts? I knew there would be a positive spin for the dealers. The entire deal is now in jeopardy with billions of debt that Sharp did not declare or forgot about. $450 million world wide is not a lot of money, in addition there is no mention of how much for North America, sorry, but I from the camp that goes by, "believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see". What Sharp posted today was pure propaganda...
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
So, if you read the letter that IA got from SIICA today, YOU need to click on the link, it's hilarious, make sure you read the very top line highlighted in green!!!! LMAO
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That green area is hilarious. I tend to side with Art on this. That's propaganda to keep the dealers at bay for the time being hoping and praying they don't start jumping ship. I wouldn't have expected anything less. IA has never posted one thing negative about a manufacturer that I can remember.
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
Jason, that was a great chuckle hope others will click on the link! Here is it for those that didn't go to the IA site. This is the line on the IA site: More precise detailed information can be reviewed on Sharp Corporation’s website. <by CLICKING HERE .>
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
This was posted on Forbes today. Gou had put a 1 Billion yen or dollars thinking it was yen if he walks away. He just may walk on this one. Not so fast. After Sharp’s board agreed to accept Foxconn’s bid on Thursday, the acquirer stepped away. Foxconn, in a written statement, reportedly said it would delay completing the deal because it needed to study “new material information” released by Sharp. That information includes an additional $3.1 billion in contingent liabilities not previously...
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I was just trying to find another thread about why Foxconn has taken a step back. It seems that Sharp disclosed a much smaller amount on their 2015 fiscal report for contingent liability. When foxconn received the updated contingent liabilities it was 20X times what was reported. I will try and find the link again. But, I know what really happened, Sharp many months ago outsourced their accounting department to Toshiba! har har, that's a joke!
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
Samsung could try to grow the business one dealer at a time or buy the market share via another manufacture. Samsung is creating a product line and will be a player...how might be the question but it will be soon.
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Re: Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"
Yes true, but they are losing dealers now because of their product line. I think they have to make a move for someones hardware. We have been a dealer for about 6 years now and have been through the really bad as well as the decent products. I know several dealers I have spoken with who are not selling the product anymore because of all the issues they have had with it.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago Third Week of August 2017 sponsored by "The thought of a cheap price is long forgotten after poor service", we've all heard some variation of this line at some time or from someone. But, how about maybe "The thought of a high price is forgotten after excellent service"? I had to get a repair on my AC unit today, if it was a hot, sweltering day well I would have paid any price. But today was not a scorcher and was one of those ten best days of...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago First Week of September 2007 sponsored by Over the weekend I picked up the BTA magazine for August. In that article was an interview or Q&A with Oscar Sanchez (CEO) of Kyocera Document Solutions America. Cutting to the chase one of the dealer questioned posed to Oscar. "The Kyocera A4 has been non-existent for the last several months. We have been informed that little or no product will be available for the balance of this year" One of Oscars...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Fifteen Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Fifteen Years Ago First Week of September 2007 sponsored by Special Thanx to IBM for this "Digital transformation takes a customer-driven, digital-first approach to all aspects of a business, from its business models to customer experiences to processes and operations. It uses AI, automation , hybrid cloud and other digital technologies to leverage data and drive intelligent workflows, faster and smarter decision-making, and real-time response to market...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago
This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago Last Week of April 2008 Real Copier Sales One of my stops was to an existing wide format Architect. Luckily my Architect was in the office and what was suppose to be a meet and greet turned into a thirty minute appointment. My client did not have a need to replace the existing device, however we yucked it up about getting old, the high taxes in New Jersey, and thought of leaving New Jersey. My client then asked what the rest of my day was like and I...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago
This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago Last Week of April 2008 Real Copier Sales Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will very likely increase as your pursue your goal because you will feel better about yourself for going after something you value. And, you will begin to see more sales, which equal more $$$$$. Enjoy These awesome copiers threads from 15 years ago Konica Minolta Launches Bizhub 421 Neal · 5/29/088:42 PM Marketing Bulletin Bulletin...