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| Originally Posted by Loren Schweizer I agree that the Wally look is an acquired taste, and I'm sure that Frank Lloyd Wright had his share of detractors.
There will always be someone who bites at the latest idea, however odd to the rest of us.
But, I digress. Call me a Philistine, but the Wally look, reminiscent of Dick Tracy's chin, is too large a departure for us traditionalists, and I believe most buyers would count themselves as such.
Look, for example, at the two latest flops from GM--- the Pontiac Aztek and the latest Cadillac STS/CTS et. al.--- John Belushi-esque "Samurai ChopSlash Design" are just not moving off dealer's lots. Too wierd, too niche-like to appeal to the crowd.
So, of course, they'll probably sell the **** out of them, just to show me what I know! |
Back in the 1980's I can remember my trials and tribulations with the marketing of multihull vessels to the overwhelming monohull market of American. I was watching a finance show on TV where they were interviewing the CEO of RubberMaid corp, and he had a whole table full of multicolored kitchen ware. He was asked why so many different colors, and what colors were the most popular? He then replied, "are you talking Europe or America? We sell basically two colors in America, white and beige, some black. All the other bright colors are for Europe."
America is one of the most conservative buying markets in the world, even though they would never believe that of themselves.
I still remember that interview and my frustrations with having American clients look at what was going on in European multihull scene