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- From: brayl@nyx.cs.du.edu (Bill Rayl)
- Subject: Re: Why Atari can't succeed in the United States
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.012246.8736@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 01:22:46 GMT
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- Jon,
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- I don't understand. Could you please explain your reasoning behind
- your statement that the Lynx puts Atari on firm financial ground?
-
- Perhaps you haven't heard that Toy R Us has dropped the Lynx?
- Maybe you didn't know that Toys R Us was Atari's biggest purchaser
- of the Lynx? Toys R Us has over 35 percent of the toy market; the
- toy market is a multi-million, if not billion, dollar a year
- product market. And Atari lost this major business account.
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- Because Toys R Us dropped the Lynx, their competitors don't have to
- carry the Lynx any mor; and this is exactly what is happening.
- Babbages, Eletronic Boutique, Kay Bee Toys, etc, have cut back or
- stopped handling the Lynx.
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- Pattie Rayl
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