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Disruptive Innovation and the Bankruptcy of Ritz Camera

Monday, 13 July 2009 14:19 Last Updated on Monday, 13 July 2009 14:20 Written by Eric Garland 1 Comment

I was just surfing SlideShare for some competitive intelligence – always a great source of left-of-center information, unusual sources, and stuff that never gets published. I cam across a provocatively titled slideshow about how digital imaging killed the corner camera shop. Even though the market exploded, the model shifted to one where there was no margin for customer service of any sort.

Food for thought for this Monday.

Disruptive Innovation And The Bankruptcy Of Ritz Camera
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Tags:  bankruptcy, disruptive innovation, Retail
This entry was posted on Monday, July 13th, 2009 at 2:19 pm and is filed under business models, Industry trends, Information Technology, Retail. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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    I had never thought about this until reading your post. Very interesting. I can’t even remember the last time I had to develop film, or go to a camera shop. There are many places like Best Buy now that have many devices in one place.

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