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Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly

Harvard Business Review

What interested me this week, however, was Amazon's launch of its price check app for smart phones. It is designed to make one aspect of shopping, price comparisons, very simple. The app allows you to scan the barcode or even photograph an item in a store and instantly find the Amazon price.

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Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly

Harvard Business Review

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly 8:25 AM Tuesday November 30, 2010 by Joshua Gans | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print This years holiday shopping season improved somewhat over last year with sales likely to top $11 billion.

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Why Your Company Should Partner with Rivals

Harvard Business Review

That strategy could be especially effective if the company priced access at the point just below the competitions' 'go/no-go' price for developing similar technology. Third, the company could earn goodwill from the local communities in which it manufactures its products.