Re: employee + discount?

From: kvmac45@comcast.net
Date: Tue Jul 12 2005 - 10:31:05 EDT


In article <b26be6d90507120619329624d3@mail.gmail.com>, andy.levy@gmail.com
(Andy Levy) writes:
>
>
> On 7/12/05, kvmac45@comcast.net <kvmac45@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > There was an article in our local paper that said DC was considering doing
a
> > similar employee pricing deal like GM has been running. Apparently GM has
had
> > great success with theirs with something like a 40% jump in sales. It was
> > stated that Ford was not going to consider such an incentive program
despite
> > steadily declining sales.
>
> At some point, they'll have to stop the promotion and watch sales
> plummet. They're robbing Peter to pay Paul.
>
> Unless, of course, GM can come up with appealing, highly profitable
> car offerings to offset the drop in SUV sales that's started and will
> continue as gas prices skyrocket.
>

I agree that GM needs to do something different in order to survive. However, I
read that their biggest sales during this promotion were trucks and SUVs.



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