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Originally Posted by JonathanH
The New York Times quotes a Target exec from January:
“What we aren’t willing to do is let online-only retailers use our brick-and-mortar stores as a showroom for their products and undercut our prices,” Target executives wrote in a letter to vendors, asking them to think of new pricing and inventory strategies, according to a note that Deborah Weinswig, a Citi analyst, sent to clients.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/bu...g-kindles.html |
I think I saw this mentioned in a different thread...
I can imagine a lot of stores hate that Amazon does this. In my local Lowes & Home Depot they match all prices except Amazon and some of the more diligent staff will stop you from price checking. (Some, but not a great deal, lol).