jt 2009
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Wildwoodz inverness are at current the first stockist of the new proflex goggles, have a look on their website shop.
Nobody's immune Dodge - and I hear Walmart either have stopped or will stop selling paintball gear and if this is true, this is a major slice of JT's business ..... we shall have to wait and see how the money men at JT react if in fact the Walmart outlet is discontinued.Ah Robbo...........
Come on, surely not JT ?!?!?
Simon Cole only set up JT Europe this year - would be gutted for him if things went pear shaped.
Jt
Hello lads.
Just a quick response to your thread Pete.
I think you may be right about the Walmart thing, Decisions are still being made but it may be worth knowing that JT USA and JT Europe are two seperate companies,albeit owned by the same parent company.
The market in America is quite a bit different to that in Europe and I hear that in the US business is down in some cases by 70% from that of two years ago. In Europe this is not the case and as here we have a far higher level of what I would call "grass roots paintball" which at the moment seems less affected by this world economic downturn,in the end only time will tell.
Sorry I missed the meeting,I was in Germany for meeting,I hear it went well, this is good news.
Happy new year to you all.
Simon Cole. JT Europe.
Hello lads.
Just a quick response to your thread Pete.
I think you may be right about the Walmart thing, Decisions are still being made but it may be worth knowing that JT USA and JT Europe are two seperate companies,albeit owned by the same parent company.
The market in America is quite a bit different to that in Europe and I hear that in the US business is down in some cases by 70% from that of two years ago. In Europe this is not the case and as here we have a far higher level of what I would call "grass roots paintball" which at the moment seems less affected by this world economic downturn,in the end only time will tell.
Sorry I missed the meeting,I was in Germany for meeting,I hear it went well, this is good news.
Happy new year to you all.
Simon Cole. JT Europe.
Hi Si, I think maybes we will witness a change in policy from Walmart in 2009 which has them discontinue paintball products as I had predicted but...we both know that even though JT Europe is distinct from the US in terms of sales, as you rightly say, they are both owned by the parent same company ... and as such, I think both are tied to the same fate even though there may be some mileage in making a case for JT Europe to be sold as a going concern.
They will of course, try to sell off the business as against pulling the plug but I'm afraid the present climate isn't too conducive to selling anything concerned with paintball at the moment least of all a large concern like JT that has just lost one of its major customers.
I do hope things unfold differently but I have seen far too many examples of corporate policy decisions ignoring anything in the path of survival or in this case, not losing any more money.
Sometimes the good die alongside the not so good, I hope this isn't the case here mate.
Have a great new year Si and say 'hi' to the other half for me and see you at the next UK meeting ...hopefully !
PS What's with the double barreled name thingy????
Hey Simon! How’s it going buddy? Didn’t know about you being Mr JT Europe, Hope that works out well for you sir.
Its been the talk for some time about Walmart pulling out and over this last year I have seen the paintball shelf space drop down by 50% in the US.
If we look at the big picture I think we can tell JT UAS have thought about what’s coming and have acted on that.
Beginning of December they restructured the Staffing at JT Sports in Arkansas and then moved JT Sports into the head office of Jarden in St.Louis. I would think all the moves are to help with the Walmart cut backs. After talking with people at JT I think this is a good move and feel they will ride out the times in 2009 and hit back hard in 2010.
That’s just the feeling I have.
Simon, do you have the JT line of Fluid paintballs in Europe? That paint shoots very nice and is selling a lot better than other brands for us right now.
JB
Its been the talk for some time about Walmart pulling out and over this last year I have seen the paintball shelf space drop down by 50% in the US.
If we look at the big picture I think we can tell JT UAS have thought about what’s coming and have acted on that.
Beginning of December they restructured the Staffing at JT Sports in Arkansas and then moved JT Sports into the head office of Jarden in St.Louis. I would think all the moves are to help with the Walmart cut backs. After talking with people at JT I think this is a good move and feel they will ride out the times in 2009 and hit back hard in 2010.
That’s just the feeling I have.
Simon, do you have the JT line of Fluid paintballs in Europe? That paint shoots very nice and is selling a lot better than other brands for us right now.
JB
New mask - We have it in the Telfords store and they are very nice.
Plus I have see some pants!!!