colouredchameleon wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 8:47 am
janesy wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:39 am
Other than the issue dealing directly with manufacturing... Do you really think BowTech has a clue what's going on in Ontario? When they have the bulk of their sales wide open south of the border why wouldn't they run this promotion?
As to Bowtech not having a clue. I find it hard to believe they live in a bubble oblivious to what going on in their own backyard and the world around them. I also find it hard to believe that Excalibur in Kitchener is so far and completely out of the loop when it comes decisions that could risk a negative impact on the brand.
Unless they Bowtech are so far out of touch that they Do not Believe , understand or recognize the present risks associated with Covid 19 .
Although progress is being made there is still a long way to go here both in Canada and the USA with the vaccination programs on a whole.
"I say Thanks for the Offer but NO Thanks I will pass even if it was or will be possible to participate in Ontario especially for the risks it posses to anyone around me my community and for the health care system and workers that are already pushed to it limits. "
Manufacturing, advertising and retail doesn't stop for a pandemic. Look around you, record sales in any and all recreational devisions of sales. Does that make it right, absolutely not. But that's the way it is. Ontario probably represents single digits or less as far as sales go for BowTech. There are more people is the US that don't know WHAT Ontario is, let alone where it is, than the entire population of Ontario 3 times over. I'm not saying BowTech USA(I am not including Kitchener in this statement in any way) doesn't know about Ontario or covid, I'm saying they don't care. CANADA is a side market for BowTech and every other player in the outdoor industry.
Regardless of the world conditions, if a consumer wants a product, the product will be provided. Simple as that.
I wouldn't be going to a range personally. But I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt, the retail players that are able to bend to current conditions, are seeing uncharted growth to the point of not being sustainable.
Consumers want what they want, and they have developed an uncanny ability to warp their wants into essential needs. Agree or disagree, that's anyone perogative. But if Excalibur doesn't sell them a cross bow. 10 other happily will.
This is not on Excalibur. This is on the consumers. I've been watching it first hand average 250+ times a day every day for 13 months now.
Although I personally agree and am 100% behind your reasoning and train of thought, I assure you a pretty large portion of Ontario's population is not. Or we wouldn't be in the mess we are in.
