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[gaurav23]

Hello everyone. Just wanted to show some of the samples James had got along for the bat sizing sessions in India & Malaysia. They belong to L&W India now, yes it's in the process of being floated,after a fellow forumite  'aditya44'  invested in L&W and hence is a partner now.
 All the bats are Reserve graded, full-profiled  and round faced(except the Mega)

Profile : Classic
Weight : 2.10
Grains : 11
Edge : 25mm
Spine : 60mm
Full






Profile : Mega
Weight : 2.9
Grains : 12
Edge : 40mm
Spine : 62mm
Concaved
 




Profile : T20
Weight : 2.14
Grains : 12
Edge : 35mm
Spine : 62mm
Slightly concaved




Profile : T20 but full length blade
Weight : 3lb
Grains : 11
Edge : 40mm
Spine : 68mm
Toe : 40mm
Very full






Profile : ST Replica
Weight : 3.2
Grains : 8
Edge : 40mm
Spine : 68mm
Toe : 25mm
Very full






Awaiting a few more samples like the Ultra and Signatures shortly. Thanks for looking lads. Cheers

[gaurav23]

A sum up

[Umi]

Confused?

[Kulli]

Confused?

someone is going to be a dealer for L&W in india was how I read it.

[Biggie Smalls]

Not sure what to make of that news 

[Chad]

Good news for Laver, have got a fair few in the collection and they're all incredible. Good luck @aditya44 with your venture with them, and thanks @gaurav23 for the pictures.

[gaurav23]

someone is going to be a dealer for L&W in india was how I read it.

L&W India is going to set up a manufacturing facility in India for the competitively priced stock bats for our showroom in Hyderabad, India. The custom orders will as usual be completed from the NZ set-up. Exciting news on the softs and few other fronts too. Will keep y'all posted.

[Calzehbhoy]

Another brand selling their soul in pursuit of profit.

[tushar sehgal]

Another brand selling their soul in pursuit of profit.

Really? how?

[gaurav23]

Another brand selling their soul in pursuit of profit.

That's alright. Will just clear it up.
L&W Nz will function just as it has been all these years. The bats made in India cannot be shipped outside of India so basically, it's an option for the Indian buyers who can't shell out the NZ made price. We will carry the NZ made stock too, differentiated with say a sticker or some identifier. Can't quite see the soul-selling bit calzehbhoy. James was very very clear about that in our meeting.

[Gingerbusiness]

That's alright. Will just clear it up.
L&W Nz will function just as it has been all these years. The bats made in India cannot be shipped outside of India so basically, it's an option for the Indian buyers who can't shell out the NZ made price. We will carry the NZ made stock too, differentiated with say a sticker or some identifier. Can't quite see the soul-selling bit calzehbhoy. James was very very clear about that in our meeting.

Even so, can't imagine the price to the Indian consumer will be greatly reduced, I mean, L&W charge a premium as an exclusive brand. Would they devalue the brand by reducing the cost within a single market?

Salix were so concerned about this, they set up a subsidiary brand in 'HitsHard', which makes sense.

Surely it makes more sense to target the cash rich Indian's with a few exclusive models as, you would imagine, they wont be able to compete with the local ones (SS, SG, Larsons etc) on price?

[InternalTraining]

So, basically, James Laver has licensed his brand to an Indian manufacturer. Is that right?

[Neon Cricket]

Give it 6 months and I'm sure EAS will have a loft full of these for sale

Don't blame L&W personally, if someone is willing to pay to run the brand themselves overseas then why not. So long as they stick to a similar level of advertising/quality then it shouldn't de-value the NZ company much (if at all). I would guess that the majority of L&W's business is outside of India, so it's almost a win/win.

IMO the risk is pretty much all on the Indian owner. They're relying solely on the Indian market for sales, with a brand that probably isn't well known to the large majority of the population. Big risk to take for what has likely cost a fair bit to set up (especially when it's so easy to start a brand nowadays!).

Will be interesting to see how it all goes!

[gaurav23]

Handicapped with the restrictions on the information let out otherwise would have added up it all - in good time I guess. It's a great plan coming together but then again, my finding it great won't suffice and shouldn't. Some more time !!

[Calzehbhoy]

That's alright. Will just clear it up.
L&W Nz will function just as it has been all these years. The bats made in India cannot be shipped outside of India so basically, it's an option for the Indian buyers who can't shell out the NZ made price. We will carry the NZ made stock too, differentiated with say a sticker or some identifier. Can't quite see the soul-selling bit calzehbhoy. James was very very clear about that in our meeting.

L&W are known for quality NZ made more or less custom sticks. Not bulk made scatter gun approach. As such it kept the value both monetary and opinion high of new and second hand L&W bats.

This 'just for Indian market' is complete rubbish, you can't stop one being shipped to India and then being shipped abroad. Short of burning the branding into the side so deep it's almost impossible to sand out I don't really see how 'cheap' L&W's will be stopped from cutting the price of all L&W's worldwide.