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Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly

Harvard Business Review

Suppose you wanted to buy a copy of a book as a gift. Amazons price (even with nominally free shipping) has to include the costs of getting the product to your home. So the good news for the store is that you are paying part of the shipping costs just by being in the store and being willing to take (i.e.,

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