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Old 09-10-2016, 01:56 PM   #20
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: London, UK
Device: Kobo Aura One, iPad, iPhone
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Originally Posted by Willa View Post
I think they are just not selling the quantities that they need to. Same for WH Smith''s - they are not going to devote space to it in store or in the warehouse if they are not selling the quantity of units. What doesn't help is that even when WH Smith's had the big play displays the staff knew little to nothing about them - I remember when I bought my H20 I knew more about it before seeing it than the staff did. And there is no promotion over here of the Kobo''s - so unless you do serious research before buying, most people are going to head straight to Amazon.
I know most of the Smiths I walk past used to have big signs in the windows for Kobos, but they've vanished recently too. The staff I spoke to in Holborn Smiths said they still sold a reasonable amount of Kobos (much to my surprise actually), they at least used to have a member of staff there who knew what he was talking about.
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