Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] FYI: NIkon price increases
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Thu Jan 15 21:57:12 2009
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At 7:08 PM -0500 1/15/09, A. Lal wrote:
>Just go an e-mail from Levine's in Boston. Nikon prices are going up 
>on Feb 1, with some items jumping up by 30+%.  Surprising to see 
>price increases in this economic climate.
>
>Can  Canon be far behind?
>

Since last spring the Japanese Yen has gained 70% against the 
Canadian Dollar and nearly 50% against the US Dollar. That's a bit 
too much to absorb for the distributors.

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