Asda to Open More Photo Shops, Exposes 'Price Rip-off' Among Competitors
LONDON - Wal-Mart-owned Asda today said it will almost double the number of photograph shops it has after conducting a survey which, it said, exposed a "photo price rip-off" among its competitors, Dow Jones reports.
The survey compares Asda's film processing prices with a leading high-street photo shop in London. It showed that it costs GBP22.49 ($34.16) more to develop four APS, or advanced photo system, films of 24 exposures and three 7x5 digital prints in one hour at a leading high-street photo shop than it does at Asda.
Asda currently has 44 photo centers, and said that it plans to open another 35 photo centers before the end of 2003.
The survey compares Asda's film processing prices with a leading high-street photo shop in London. It showed that it costs GBP22.49 ($34.16) more to develop four APS, or advanced photo system, films of 24 exposures and three 7x5 digital prints in one hour at a leading high-street photo shop than it does at Asda.
Asda currently has 44 photo centers, and said that it plans to open another 35 photo centers before the end of 2003.
