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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
The 12 month period seems interesting, but I'm not sure if it can be properly implemented. For example, if a book has the set price of $15, a retailer can sell it for 11 months at this price and then have a higher discount and sell it for 1 month at $7.50. But if the loss per book encountered in the discount month exceeds the profit from the previous 11 months, then the retailer is in breach of contract.
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One possible remedy is that they could only sell a certain number of books before the discount ends rather than ending a deal after a certain amount of time.
That way, they'd be able to automatically stop the discount before the loss per book exceeds profits.