http://gigaom.com/2007/04/30/carphone-warehouse-now-in-the-hood/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://gigaom.com/2007/04/30/carphone-warehouse-now-in-the-hood/#comment-99332 cd Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:22:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/carphone-warehouse-now-in-the-hood/#comment-99332 <p>CPW and its many competitors over here in the UK are ubiquitous. Talk about homogeneous commoditization. I wouldn't bet the farm on a tumultuous take-up. Early to the game here was a big help for them, but I don't see an advantage in the US unless the BB angle is a massive boost. Ask teh average Brit and they're not that fired up about CPW when any supplier will do. At the end of the day, price is everything.</p> CPW and its many competitors over here in the UK are ubiquitous. Talk about homogeneous commoditization. I wouldn’t bet the farm on a tumultuous take-up. Early to the game here was a big help for them, but I don’t see an advantage in the US unless the BB angle is a massive boost. Ask teh average Brit and they’re not that fired up about CPW when any supplier will do. At the end of the day, price is everything.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/04/30/carphone-warehouse-now-in-the-hood/#comment-99321 Kushagra Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:09:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/carphone-warehouse-now-in-the-hood/#comment-99321 <p>What do you think about the chances of such a business model being successful in the US? CarPhone was one of the really early starters in the UK with such a model and took some time to develop awareness amongst the customers about the value offered by such a model. Given American customer's current "training" how do you think they will take up to such a value proposition?</p> What do you think about the chances of such a business model being successful in the US? CarPhone was one of the really early starters in the UK with such a model and took some time to develop awareness amongst the customers about the value offered by such a model. Given American customer’s current “training” how do you think they will take up to such a value proposition?

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