clarionreef
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Yep, No more Aquatic Specialties.
It was sad to see yet another wholesaler close up shop this past week.
They were the 1st or 2nd largest in Northern California in the mid 2000's..
Their heyday saw 5 million in sales per annum.
It comes on the trail of many of their customers doing the same or reducing their buying so much that the wholesale volume required to exceed the economy of scale wasn't being met.
They had landlord issues and decided to close rather then sign a new long and more expensive lease. The landlord now gets an empty wharehouse for the next few years.
They may open up again, smaller and tighter.
Collectors and exporters are all caught up in the down-sizing as well and scrambling for enough business to stay afloat. The new project in Papua New Guinea is ramping up just as we regard the slowest "good season" in memory.
The Aquarium, The Fish Tank, Brians Tropicals, Tropical Paradise,Octopus Garden, Nippon Goldfish among plenty of others just to name a few have all disappeared from the scene.
Where it ends who knows . Exporters need larger, fixed entities to ship to and they in turn need the same.
To be sure there will be adjustments and evolution.
Steve
It was sad to see yet another wholesaler close up shop this past week.
They were the 1st or 2nd largest in Northern California in the mid 2000's..
Their heyday saw 5 million in sales per annum.
It comes on the trail of many of their customers doing the same or reducing their buying so much that the wholesale volume required to exceed the economy of scale wasn't being met.
They had landlord issues and decided to close rather then sign a new long and more expensive lease. The landlord now gets an empty wharehouse for the next few years.
They may open up again, smaller and tighter.
Collectors and exporters are all caught up in the down-sizing as well and scrambling for enough business to stay afloat. The new project in Papua New Guinea is ramping up just as we regard the slowest "good season" in memory.
The Aquarium, The Fish Tank, Brians Tropicals, Tropical Paradise,Octopus Garden, Nippon Goldfish among plenty of others just to name a few have all disappeared from the scene.
Where it ends who knows . Exporters need larger, fixed entities to ship to and they in turn need the same.
To be sure there will be adjustments and evolution.
Steve