On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:50 AM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > What was wrong w/ the match business model? Have things changed since then > (10 years?) so another production frame company could get enough business?
I don't know much at all about match and why it didn't last, but certainly the economic landscape has changed in the last 10 years. Japanese products (viz the thread topic) are much more expensive, so production frames from Toyo and Panasonic are getting as expensive as many custom frames. Chinese companies are taking some of the Taiwanese production business with even lower costs, but transportation cost is also increasing, which along with the relatively weak dollar, is making domestic production more attractive again. There has also been an increased awareness of product origin and increasing preference for US-made products, but probably not enough to swing the market without the other factors along too. -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
