CampbellRandall Report post Posted August 20, 2009 For anybody working with exotics, you might be interested in this article. Alligator accessories, normally recession proof since the bulk are purchased by the wealthy, have seen a huge drop in demand this year. This echos what I am hearing from my customers. This is a bigger drop than previous decades. One figure states the revenues from gators in Louisiana have dropped from 70 million in 2007 to about 10 million this year. Respite for reptiles as demand drops for skins http://www.bostonherald.com/business/gener...position=recent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCKNIVES Report post Posted August 20, 2009 Pretty much as expected in this economy.As far as "our" end of things pricing has not dropped dramatically.Since I was layed off of my day job about 3 weeks ago, I have been doing a few things for my exotic distributor, mostly involving Gator.We discussed this a few weeks ago and he said he has seen it from the tannery's and farms, with the greatest impact coming from the textile industry who just aren't ordering as many hides.My distributor is selling quite a bit, but alot of his work is custom automotive and motorcycles companies, and that is a small niche compared to the textile industry.For those of us who do strictly custom orders,I doubt we will see much impact in supply but demand will probably start to raise pricing.I myself , have had an increase of orders with Gator and croc.Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kustom Report post Posted August 20, 2009 Thanks for the post CambellRandall, interesting read. I always like to read business articles about the industry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
