"Amateur Photographer" UK market CSC sales stats

Found the following article somewhat confusing so did not give it a airing here at the time...

Magazine week ending 29th March,
Front cover "CSC's do they have a future"
2 page article "Compact System Camera sales crash"
sales plunged more than 30% in the UK
some key stats
4 x as many DSLRs sold in the UK than CSC's
60% fall in Fuji and Olympus losses fuelled by CSC's
48% of DSLR customers would consider Lumix G range
40% of imaging market sales are online

CSC sales 2011 128,000
2012 146,000
2013 100,000

Magazine week ending 12th April
Front Cover "Why CSC sales are up again"
article, CSC stage comeback
Global shipments rose 33.7% to 217,444 in Feb compared to the same month a year earlier. (maybe EM10 being shipped)
In the Uk CSC sales shot up 21% in volume and 19% in value in Jan/Feb 2014.
Seemingly the demise of Jessups last year with the loss of 187 stores in the uk had a immediate effect on high street sales and has skewed the uk's year on year results.

My own views - talking to friendly sales staff in a branch of London camera exchange near my work place about micro 4/3rds last week they said that the trade know how good the system is and many use them but they cannot persuade the buying public of same. Typical customer cannot see outside the Canon/Nikon bubble and sadly Canon/Nikon CSCs not that competitive.

I have just bought a new EM 10 had to have it in black as I wanted a body only and silver was sold out. Some kits were still available as at end of March but I had to phone 7 different suppliers to track down a body only, turned out I had Clifton Cameras last body. They told me Olympus uk was waiting on more sometime in April. Would love to know how many EM 10's have been sold...
Would welcome any views on the above.:smile:

 

I know, dreadful article most confusing set of stats i have seen in a while, and i spend most of my working day preparing stats for a living.
I must admit the monthly magazines at least in the UK are pretty poor and my relationship with AP the only weekly on the market here is struggling.
So much info on the web thesedays who needs a magazine!

 

Me too! loved the magazine in it's earlier days. It was at least 4 times as many pages then and like many amateurs with a passion for "gear" would start at the back and work my way through it. How the photo retail market has changed with the internet and the loss of so many retailers. I am sure my poor eyesight is down to reading the small ads and lists of used equipment many years ago!.
This weeks issue is just 90 pages.... The marketplace dealer and classified guide starts at page 66 and it's index lists just 26 different advertisers.
Just changing times i am amazed it manages to continue.
Mark

 

Thanks for the recommendation will take a look
Mark

 

Great stuff those were the days must get a random old copy from eBay for old times sake
Bet the page count was much higher then
Thanks for that

 

Current cover price £2.85 in uk