Sharp… (The word on the street) …is selling!

Yesterday The President of my company received a call from the President of the CDA (Independent Dealer Association). What my President relayed to me was Sharp had contacted the President of the CDA and told him that they would take legal action against the company that I work for if I didn't pull the article and print a retraction. My Blog is not a company blog, but out of respect for the guy I work for I did pull the article. I noted why, but specified that no one from Sharp had contacted me directly. I then made the offer to Sharp that I would offer them the opportunity to put all these rumors to rest by posting a statement on my Blog stating that they have no intention to sell their copier division. But they are a publicly held company and can not knowingly mislead stockholders. So I truly doubt they will take me up on my offer. If they do post something it will be like the last letter that had a caveat at the end stating the Sharp will do whatever it takes, or something to that effect.

Bottom line the link above is no longer active.

I expect that the silence from Sharp will be deafening.

Vince

Vince

Sharp will do anything to try and save the sinking ship. I'm sorry you had to go through this.

Art

I hate to add another rumor to the Sharp story but I heard from a Konica Minolta Dealer Sales Manager that something was cooking between the two companies (could be just BS).

Also, a prominent 10 year Sharp dealer just left Sharp to become a Konica Minolta dealer. Sharp Canada now owns that dealer's base of Sharp copiers and is providing Sales & Service directly from Sharp Canada.

Whoa that rumor KM & Sharp would then really vault KM in the top three players in the industry!

This was an inamil I received from linkedin today:


Mike Marusic
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Solutions Group at Sharp Electronics
Greater New York City Area

I have noticed your many posts about Sharp and would like to offer my assistance in answering any questions you may have. There seems to be many missing pieces that you would likely have questions on.