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Business

When Employee Discounts Offer Almost Nothing

While looking at various stores today there was one that had this huge advertisement saying you can get employee prices if you visit the store which on the outside sounds fantastic. It’s usually the perks of working for a retail business and being able to buy items for a lot less. However, having worked in

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Business

Giving A Discount As A Prize Versus A Coupon

This was an interesting marketing technique I was thinking about as for this one site they were trying to generate more interest for its upcoming Black Friday sale by having this spin the wheel event of sort where you could randomly win items and coupons towards a future purchase. Now some of the coupons sound

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Business

Pricing Items More Expensive To Encourage Partner Sales or Not

Next week I may participate in an event where I may need to capture it which got me curious just to see some cameras that were on sale. I looked at companies such as GoPro where I initially went straight their own site. While looking at the prices they offered where you can get huge

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Business

Taking Pictures of Sale Prices To Remember Discounts

I thought this was a fun example where I was just walking by the clearance aisles of various stores as many were still trying to et rid of its excess Christmas stock. I usually take photos of sale prices to be used in case there is a price error at the checkout out. As well,

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Business

Offering Discounts Immediately For New Customers

Recently I was thinking of getting a hard drive that was on sale at the Western Digital site and in debating if I should I registered for an account. I just wanted to see if there were any hidden fees to the purchase such as how some companies charge high shipping and handling fees. Now

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Financial Management

Avoiding Imperfect Total Purchase Discounts

For one store I noticed that they frequently give out coupons where if you spend $50 they will in-turn give you $20 back worth of points. Usually in these cases I would literally have to find fillers in order to reach the threshold to take advantage of the offer. That’s where at times I can

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