internet, industry analysts say most of the local camera shops like paul s simply closed up and disappeared. we had 17 camera stores, sold them in 1990. today not a single location that we were in has a photographic application. all of them have become something else. bill mccurry of princeton-based mccurry associates, is a business adviser to what he calls the imaging industry. he s watched this painful process of extinction play out in large and small towns across the country. ten years ago, ritz camera had 1,200 camera stores. today there are 11 operating. economically, you will not survive selling cameras, period, full stop. you need other things. other things for mark comon begins with this army of camera buffs who have been inspired by mark s high-energy classroom style. how many rookie night lockers do we have? raise your hands. tonight, 45 night hawk
going to be handled in a lenient way in exchange for testimony going down the road. so there are an enormous number of possibilities here. we only know that a grand jury has found probable cause that a crime has been committed, and sufficient to warrant an indictment and that somebody is going to be brought in. we really we re really doing a lot of speculation, i think. but, jeff toobin, in front of a grand jury, there s no defense, correct? it s just the prosecutor? right. it doesn t even look like a courtroom. a grand jury room tends to look like a classroom. where there is a witness stand, but the prosecutor runs the show and the jurors sit classroom style and are allowed to ask questions often, sometimes directly, sometimes through the prosecutor. it is something that is very much controlled by the prosecution. there is no defense attorney. the witnesses are not allowed to have a defense attorney in the room. and a grand jury does not have
prosecutor? right. it doesn t even look like a courtroom. a grand jury room tends to look like a classroom, where there is a witness stand, but the prosecutor runs the show. and the jurors sit classroom style, and are allowed to ask questions often, sometimes directly, sometimes through the prosecutor. it is something that is very much controlled by the prosecution. there is no defense attorney. the witnesses are not allowed to have a defense attorney in the room. and a grand jury does not have to be unanimous to issue an indictment the way a jury has to be unanimous to reach a conviction. they need only to have a majority. the so, an indictment is not, you know, tantamount to conviction, i think people should be very much aware of that, just because somebody s indicted means they re guilty of anything. but obviously it is not a step
something else. bill mccurry of mccurry associates is a business adviser to what he calls the imaging industry. he s watching the painful process of extinction play out in large and small towns across the country. ten years ago, ritz camera had 1200 camera stores. today, they are 11 operating under the name. the problem, they say, extends beyond technology and the internet. they blame the suppliers as well. we have no control over pricing in our business. the camera manufacturers control the price. so when i sell you a $1,000 camera, you guys have to realize that $950 of that $1,000 goes to the camera manufacturer. we get to keep $50. economically, you will not survive selling cameras. period, full stop. you need other things. other things for mark comon begins with this army of camera buffs whhave bn spired by mark s high-energy classroom