Ha. This thread turned around like a ballerina several times since yesterday. First serious, then fast food, then kinda serious, now with the prison names. You guys are hilarious.
If Rick Rothstein posted about the lineup on the KCFDC forum, then it's gospel. I'd imagine that these will sell here in KC and Emporia, probably where their other store is also, Lewisville I think. They've made inroads with their retail stores. I do wonder about their distribution, but they'll figure it out.
I mean, they don't sell DD branded merch at any other stores that I remember seeing in person or online. Rick won't carry them at Disc Golf World, and he shouldn't, their products are the competition. They cooperate w/ tourneys somewhat, but since they are retailers that compete in the same market, that stands to reason that they wouldn't carry each others products.
I'm sure that DD has been working on a business plan and they've been successful in everything else that they've done, so it'll get worked out some way or another. I guess what I'll be interested to see is will they try to distribute their products with other retailers or go it alone. Like will they wholesale these, so you can buy em at Marshall St. or DiscNation or only try to sell them at their stores like they do with all their other branded products or the limited edition stuff that they sell.
I'm not a retailer, so I have no idea, of course. But I would think it would be hard as a retailer to carry another retailers products, since you'd be putting dollars directly into the hands of your competition. On the flipside, DD is gonna need a bigger network than just their few stores and online business to make a whole disc line be profitable... they will need other retail outlets to carry their products. I guess I'm thinking that they could be good at wholesaling their products to other retailers or retailing their products themselves, but not both.
Pure speculation, and I'm just wondering publicly how they plan to do it. Time will tell and competition is usually a good thing. I like going to the DD store here in town, but not to pick up a replacement for the stock Teebird I lost. I'm going there to see what they have that I can't find at any other store I look at: LE's, CFR's, sparkle or crzytal or DD branded merch, stuff that other stores don't carry. That's what they're good at, but for stock stuff I'm still gonna patronize DGW, because they have what I want for $2 less and they're just good people and I feel good about spending my $ there.
I dunno, long ramble... but there hasn't been a retailer that has bridged the gap like DD is about to try to do. Not here anyway. It'll be awhile before all comes to light, so time will tell.
