Have Jessops got a tie in with Nikon?

[minky_monkey]

I popped into the Kingston store whilst shopping this afternoon. It`s just been totally refurbished, with a MASSIVE Nikon advert covering half the windows on the front on the store.

When I walked in, a third of the display is Nikon kit, Canon`s share is about four cameras and Sony has the rest.

Seems definitely biased towards Nikon now, they must have a deal with them...

Just wondering.

 

[mastertrinity]

yeah there have a sponsorship deal, if you look at the employees shirts they have a nikon logo on the arm.

 

[minky_monkey]

yeah there have a sponsorship deal, if you look at the employees shirts they have a nikon logo on the arm.

Ah, never noticed before.

Cheers.

Shame it now looks like I`ll have to go to Park Cameras now to try out any Canon kit. I`d always used Kingston for bits and pieces and a few canon cameras and lenses over the years, but if they`ve reduced their stock this much I can`t see that I can continue.

 

[vectraturbo]

So how can Jessops be awarded the retailer of the year? Wheny they gonna push Nikon and Tamron....??

 

[mastertrinity]

they still stock canon and sony, but nikon are they first priority so with small outlets most of the stuff will be nikon.

 

[Flash In The Pan]

At one point they were set to effectively become the retail arm of Canon UK, but those plans seem to have come to nothing :shrug:

 

[recrudesce]

nice unbiased approach from a highstreet retailer there then.

might as well just call it The Nikon Store.

 

[cowasaki]

Looks like Nikon might be grabbing that Canon deal!

 

[joxby]

They're just backing the winner, at the moment..

 

[Flash In The Pan]

nice unbiased approach from a highstreet retailer there then.

might as well just call it The Nikon Store.

I don't think bias has anything to do with it, more like who is prepared to offer them the best deal to stock their products, happens in every area of retailing.

 

[minky_monkey]

Might as well call it Nikopps.

It`s all well and good if you're a Nikon shooter, but if you shoot anything else why are you going to bother with them.

Mind you, they`re crapping themselves about their finances so I suppose they will try an secure their future regardless of their clientbases needs..

 

[Flash In The Pan]

From the Jessops website:

"We are the largest stockist of Canon products"

:shrug:

 

[mastertrinity]

jessops have no common sense, same as nikon

 

[treeman]

Shame it now looks like I`ll have to go to Park Cameras

I know it's further for you, but in the few visits I've made there, I've found their service is excellent with staff who know what they're talking about.

 

[paul139]

Perhaps they have just learnt what the rest of of have known for years

 

[recrudesce]

i'm increasingly using LCE now instead of Jessops. i walk in with Canon kit and they try and sell me Nikon stuff... eh ?

 

[razor777]

Nikon is probably the only supplier they still have a credit account with.