Would WalMart sign up?

Good points.

Agreed.

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, Michael Mealling
wrote:
> Walmart wouldn't sign up for these, they're too high ticket for
Walmart.
> For these things think Sharper Image, Franklin Mint, etc.
>
> If you want Walmart's ubiquity you have to get something very low
cost.
> And even then Walmart will squeeze your margins beyond pain. You
should
> only be using Walmart as a sales channel if you've exhausted all
of the
> others and you are willing to let them commoditize your brand.
>
> The best way to think about these things is to what you're own
personal
> behavior: what are the big ticket items you have bought lately?
Who did
> you buy it from? Why? Etc. Think, for example, why people prefer
> Starbucks over Maxwell House?
>
> -MM
>
> On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 17:21, George Perkins wrote:
> > Just consider five things:
> >
> > -- tourism (one moon orbit with fine dining and fun things to do
on
> > the way and back to L5 and/or earth)
> > -- shopping mall
> > -- asteroid materials (ie Platinum Group Metals, etc)
> > -- vacant space at a ring spin system at L5 for tourists,
employees,