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A Book Worth: How Much Will You Pay For One That Will Change Your Life?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Harry Potter, Worth, Value, Book Pricing, Pricing, Publishing, Scholastic, Marketing, Truffles, Books News
Gerald Sindell

Why do we sell books as if they were potatoes when many of them are actually more like truffles? Hard coal, everyday sea salt, water, topsoil. They go for the same price, everywhere, because it's all the same.

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Costco Stops Carrying Coca Cola Products

AP | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Costco Coke Fight, Soft Drinks, Costco, Coca Cola, Costco Stops Carrying Coca Cola Products, Pepsi, Coke Products, Pricing, Costco Stops Carrying Coca Cola, Business News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Costco says it is no longer carrying Coca-Cola products in its stores nationwide due to a pricing dispute with the beverage mak...

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Are IKEA, Outlet Malls, Wal-Mart, and Whole Foods Really Bargains?

Anis Shivani | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Citizenship, Vance Packard, Christopher Lasch, Whole Foods, Cheap, Chinese Factories, Outlet Malls, Wages, Craftsmanship, Cheap Eats, Globalization, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Reisman, Ellen Ruppel Shell, Wal-Mart, Shrimp Farming, Slow Food, Labor, Consumerism, Ikea, Michael Pollan, Betty Friedan, Local Food, Chinese Exports, Marketing, Sustainability, Deforestation, Pricing, Eric Schlosser, Red Lobster, Food, Green News
Anis Shivani

American consumers are being taken for a ride.

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On Sale? Really? Prove it!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business

Read More: McDonald's, Price of Stocks, Cheeseburgers, Wal-Mart, Pricing, Profit, Wall Street, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

With major companies now trading on the market for the price of a hamburger, you've got to wonder what a SALE! sign means when you see it in every retailer's window.

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