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Digital Cameras Force Film Off Dixons' Shelves

Posted by timothy on Monday August 8, 2005 @08:22PM from the buggywhips-hard-to-find-too dept.

ngibbons writes "BBC News story regarding digital camera sales: 'High Street retailer Dixons, which started by selling 35mm cameras, is to stop stocking the items because of the popularity of digital cameras.' Digital cameras will out-sell 35mm cameras in the UK by a ratio of 15:1 this year."

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Re:Force? by irn_bru · 2005-08-08 21:21 · Score: 0, Redundant

Dixons got a lot of press coverage when they announced they were abandoning setting video recorders. I get a sence of "Rinse, Lather, Repeat" with this particular piece of PR...