Ricoh Japan announced a new price increase for the GRIII/GRIIIx/GRIIIx Urban Edition cameras by approximately 8% which will take effect on January 11, 2023. I assume this price increase will also slowly propagate to other regions.
In the US you can check the latest Ricoh GRIII prices at Adorama, B&H Photo, and Amazon.
Ricoh already had a price increase on some products two months ago:
Ricoh Japan announced a price increase coming on October 1st
The Ricoh GR cameras got a price increase exactly a year ago:
Here is the full press release:
Thank you for your continued support of our products.
Due to recent increases in raw material costs and significant increases in manufacturing and logistics costs, we have revised the shipping prices of some compact digital camera products that we sell as follows from January 11, 2023. We would like to inform you that we have decided to do so.
Shipping price revision date: Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Applicable products: Please refer to the table below.
| Product name | JAN code | Manufacturer’s suggested retail price |
|---|---|---|
| RICOH GRIII | 4549212 300202 | open |
| RICOH GR IIIx | 4549212 303739 | open |
| RICOH GR IIIx Urban Edition | 4549212 304507 | open |
* Average price revision rate at Ricoh Imaging Store: Approximately 8% increase
Source: Ricoh Japan
