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Old 03-16-2006, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by midgetwaiter
Often you will see retailers push larger margins onto small items like snails. Like it or not, it's the way retial businesses work. Ask Future Shop how much they make on batteries or Safeway about laundry soap. Way back when I worked in a retail computer store I almost fell over when they told me how much they marked up printer cables. Small "sure sale" items always get padded. It's the economics of the business.
So does this mean laundry soap at Sobeys in Vancouver is half the price than it is in Edmonton? or batteries at Visions?........if so GROUP ORDER
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