That's why I posted the second item and identified what you said as PROFIT
You still don't understand. I was talking about 12 months, you were talking about 3 months.
There is no official term "profit". If you mean net income - for the last 12 months Apple has had a net income of 1.73 billion, and Dell has had a net income of 3.57 billion.
It does not matter if you are talking about earnings or income, Dell is only about 2x as big as Apple.
There will be line ups, people with problems with their Dells. Looking for the Dell Einstein Bar.
Gaaah..
I'm seeing a long counter entirely manned by "Dude, you're getting a Dell" guys, with a constant babble of "Dude! Your hard drive is like totally fried!", "Dude! Your porn collection is awesome!" and "Dude! Time to get a new computer, bro!".
Of course, if they continue to open these showrooms, and they don't lead to greater sales, then they will be a drag on profits. I'm not sure how they are going to show that the showrooms have contributed to sales. They would have to prove that their online sales resulted from a visit to the showroom, and that the people who visited weren't going to buy a machine from them anyway.
Of course, if they continue to open these showrooms, and they don't lead to greater sales, then they will be a drag on profits. I'm not sure how they are going to show that the showrooms have contributed to sales. They would have to prove that their online sales resulted from a visit to the showroom, and that the people who visited weren't going to buy a machine from them anyway.
That's a good point.
I imagine that orders placed from a Dell store would be tagged as such, and I'm sure there will be a lot of pressure to go ahead "get everything taken care of" while you're on the premises.
Still, that does seem like pretty slim pickin's, and it's hard to imagine that enough people would be ready to order then and there to justify the expense.
Given the limited roll-out, I'm sure this is pretty much an experiment, but I can't help but feel there is a certain amount of "Michael Dell wanting to stick his finger in Apple's eye" involved, given the locations.
I imagine that orders placed from a Dell store would be tagged as such, and I'm sure there will be a lot of pressure to go ahead "get everything taken care of" while you're on the premises.
Still, that does seem like pretty slim pickin's, and it's hard to imagine that enough people would be ready to order then and there to justify the expense.
Given the limited roll-out, I'm sure this is pretty much an experiment, but I can't help but feel there is a certain amount of "Michael Dell wanting to stick his finger in Apple's eye" involved, given the locations.
I don't recall, but did they say that one could order from the store? If so, that covers half the point. But they would still have to prove that the orders were unique.
As far as Apple's eye goes, I just can't see a Dell store as having the same caché as an Apple store. What could Dell do? Their products are ok so far as any usual PC machine can be, but not outstanding. Alien is good for a few giggles from the general public.
The online in store ordering sucks because the salespeople probably won't give people the cupon rebates and such dell is so famous for. A bit of effort online can find good deals on dell crap but not in store.
MSRP all way if you buy in store, only to have it delivered to your house anyways which is why the store will die.
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Originally posted by BushHater
There will be line ups, people with problems with their Dells. Looking for the Dell Einstein Bar.
"Einstein Bar"... Love it!
Originally posted by SpamSandwich
"Einstein Bar"... Love it!
In case anyone is wondering, that was a joke.
Originally posted by BushHater
That's why I posted the second item and identified what you said as PROFIT
You still don't understand. I was talking about 12 months, you were talking about 3 months.
There is no official term "profit". If you mean net income - for the last 12 months Apple has had a net income of 1.73 billion, and Dell has had a net income of 3.57 billion.
It does not matter if you are talking about earnings or income, Dell is only about 2x as big as Apple.
Originally posted by e1618978
There is no official term "profit".
Apple uses the term "Net Profit" I can't we go by what they say?
And I would suggest the short version is "profit".
Originally posted by BushHater
Apple uses the term "Net Profit" I can't we go by what they say?
And I would suggest the short version is "profit".
But to answer your original qustion - no, I don't care to re-state anything, you just failed to understand what I was saying.
Originally posted by BushHater
There will be line ups, people with problems with their Dells. Looking for the Dell Einstein Bar.
Gaaah..
I'm seeing a long counter entirely manned by "Dude, you're getting a Dell" guys, with a constant babble of "Dude! Your hard drive is like totally fried!", "Dude! Your porn collection is awesome!" and "Dude! Time to get a new computer, bro!".
Originally posted by melgross
Of course, if they continue to open these showrooms, and they don't lead to greater sales, then they will be a drag on profits. I'm not sure how they are going to show that the showrooms have contributed to sales. They would have to prove that their online sales resulted from a visit to the showroom, and that the people who visited weren't going to buy a machine from them anyway.
That's a good point.
I imagine that orders placed from a Dell store would be tagged as such, and I'm sure there will be a lot of pressure to go ahead "get everything taken care of" while you're on the premises.
Still, that does seem like pretty slim pickin's, and it's hard to imagine that enough people would be ready to order then and there to justify the expense.
Given the limited roll-out, I'm sure this is pretty much an experiment, but I can't help but feel there is a certain amount of "Michael Dell wanting to stick his finger in Apple's eye" involved, given the locations.
Originally posted by addabox
That's a good point.
I imagine that orders placed from a Dell store would be tagged as such, and I'm sure there will be a lot of pressure to go ahead "get everything taken care of" while you're on the premises.
Still, that does seem like pretty slim pickin's, and it's hard to imagine that enough people would be ready to order then and there to justify the expense.
Given the limited roll-out, I'm sure this is pretty much an experiment, but I can't help but feel there is a certain amount of "Michael Dell wanting to stick his finger in Apple's eye" involved, given the locations.
I don't recall, but did they say that one could order from the store? If so, that covers half the point. But they would still have to prove that the orders were unique.
As far as Apple's eye goes, I just can't see a Dell store as having the same caché as an Apple store. What could Dell do? Their products are ok so far as any usual PC machine can be, but not outstanding. Alien is good for a few giggles from the general public.
MSRP all way if you buy in store, only to have it delivered to your house anyways which is why the store will die.
Originally posted by the cool gut
I can see it now ....
I don't even wanna think about it.
So how well is Dell's retail adventure going ?
It's not.