Ninety five percent of all new products launched fail. Thoughts?

[retriever]

 

[VanessaofBC]

HA HA!

Here's one from my own collection




Not surprising. I used to watch Dragons Den.

 

[VanessaofBC]

ohhh...i like this thread..... I just found this!!!

 

[peter putter]

:doh:

I'm actually surprised it's not 98% of all products.



I loved how the Pinto failed in Brazil because Pinto means penis in Portuguese. There's actually a few names that escape my name that have different meanings in other countries, so they flop.

The French marketed a car in NA during the 60's called the Citron (lemon in English) problem was most Anglos at the time understood enough to avoid in flocks :doh:

 

[HankQuinlan]

:doh:

The French marketed a car in NA during the 60's called the Citron (lemon in English) problem was most Anglos at the time understood enough to avoid in flocks :doh:

Er...Citroën...but close. Still a huge company in the rest of the world. It was actually banned for sale in NA because of safety/design concerns (according to Wikipedia, anyway).

 

[vancity_cowboy]

i was reading an article today about the 20 worst cars ever sold in north america. the jugo was in there, but what i didn't know was that one of the u.n. bombing raids that was supposed to be against a munitions factory somehow missed and wiped out the jugo factory, lol!! now THAT couldn't have been an accident... ound:

 

[HunkyBill]

I'm actually surprised it's not 98% of all products.
I loved how the Pinto failed in Brazil because Pinto means penis in Portuguese. There's actually a few names that escape my name that have different meanings in other countries, so they flop.

The name is appropriate especially if you suffer premature ejaculation just by being touched.

 

[PuntMeister]

Real solution to real problem at reasonable price with solid communication of value to buyer = possibility of successful product.

Wishful thinking + delusions of grandeur + entrepreneurial arrogance + lack of customer understanding = typical usual product flop.

Rinse and Repeat.