Ideally, independent stores should concentrate on brands or lines of food that are not
sold by other retailers in their general vicinity.
We used our scale to drive the creation of new energy - saving technologies, such as LED freezer case lights, which are now commonly
used by other retailers.
Amazon are entitled (under their Terms of Sale) to reduce the price of any eBook so that a) it is less than the printed version and b) they are not
undercut by any other retailers.
Starbucks is about the experience for those who love coffee, loyalty and a partnership with customers that can not be
challenged by any other retail cohort.
The value of Starbucks benefit package (fully accessed) is
unmatched by other retailers and provides thousands of dollars of additional compensation value.
Cue was careful to point out that while Apple was promising that it could sell books at the publishers» preferred rate, it made no promises as to whether these preferred rates would be
accepted by other retailers.
If they want to sell through Kindle — and of course, they do — they use Amazon's proprietary MOBI ebook format; and for everyone else they use Adobe DRM, which is
recognized by other retailers.
This has included a (rather ingenious, I must say) announcement by Loblaw that it will provide $ 25 compensation to consumers, an unsuccessful court proceeding by class action counsel to challenge its offer, the commencement of several class action lawsuits, denials of
participation by other retailers and media, academic and industry insider commentary.
The lender has also shied away from unanchored retail projects unless they have a strong track record and are
supported by other retail properties in close proximity.
Customers often only returned to take advantage of costly promotions, and Shop.ca offered many of the same brands
sold by other retailers.
The consumer has already been softened up
by other retailers and their super-sizes.
EPUB files are used
by all other retailers, including Apple's iBookstore, Barnes & Noble (the Nook) and Kobo.
Cue quickly realized that, in order for the agency model to work, the same deal must be struck with all electronic book vendors, lest Apple's prices be undercut
by other retailers.
My greatest worry is that customers will get so used to deep discounting that they will view the discounted price from someone like Amazon or WalMart as the reasonable price, and blanche at list price or the slight discounts offered
by other retailers.
The biggest downside to Amazon's financing deal — and similar deals offered
by other retailers — is that it operates with deferred interest.