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The same is now seen in medicine - nurses are given protocols to follow with a step by step approach. In the past, you would see a doctor who could draw on experience and having been taught how to think logically through a differential diagnosis.
Peter - have you been following some of the 'noctor' threads on DNUK? Certainly some strong opinions have been roused!
Quick update...
My new (local !?!) dealer expressed his own worries to me when I introduced myself this week. He tell's me that all B&O's UK sales rep's have just been made redundant. This is another big worry, more so to the dealer, and I cant see how such wholesale dessimation of the UK network is anything other than a sure sign of a total pullout of the UK... If so who do we turn to for service, let alone sales?
Interesting - I walk past my local B&O dealer (Brompton Rd, Knightsbridge) most days and up until Christmas there was usually one or two people browsing - for Jan and first part of Feb, I have not seen a single person in the store. I wonder, given how many stores there are in London, whether a consolidation may take place.
Bizarrely, I was told the other day that the London stores are now owned by.....B&O USA!! Only the London stores. The reason? They have more experience handling retail stores than B&O UK.
Has anyone heard anything similar?
BTW there's absolutely no way that the B&O stores are going to disappear. They are some of the most profitable in the B&O portfolio. However, perhaps B&O Struer have lost some faith in the way they've handled the UK market, which is why the London stores are managed by another territory, 1000's of miles away...
Some of the London store are privately owned.
Some of the London store are privately owned.
Yes, but they have to be 'managed' by someone above the shop owners and that job is B&O USA. ie. they handle the franchised/owned shop direction.
Wait...
B&O UK seems to be disappearing and B&O USA own the London stores ?!? What's going on...
My new dealer has just informed me that any new products I order will take 4 - 6 weeks instead of the usual 7 - 10 day's. A pain for me but a real worry to the dealer.
Does anyone know if this is across all the UK and if it's because B&O have REALLY slowed down production ?
He also mentioned that B&O had called an emergency meeting. Not sure if he ment ''had'' or ''are''.
I want to order a set of speakers for my 3200 but cant help but feel I should either not bother or wait for the ''fire sale''...?
It was said that B&O will stop producing too much stock, but will produce at the moment you order.
That'll be "Just-in-(6 weeks)-Time", then😂
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