Lubbyman wrote:
According to accounts filed in Companies House, Park Cameras is a medium size company, SRS was a small company (as defined by the Companies Act). The numbers in their accounts (employees, net assets etc.) imply that Park Cameras is at least 10 times bigger than SRS was. Are we seeing that when there is significant stress in the camera (etc.) market, a smaller company is more vulnerable than a bigger company?

FWIW my local small photographic shop, small shop in a tourist town, will sell you a camera or lens but has little in stock and makes their money from accessories (camera bags, photo frames etc.), consumables (including film), prints etc. It's also part of a local group of small photographic shops, which might help with resilience (sharing resources, overheads etc.).

Steve