Category Archives: Retail Manipulation

Retail manipulation is used to drive sales regardless of the need of buyer.

Fair food.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, the French gourmet and lawyer, famously said in 1825 “tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”  In his days, that would have been relatively easy – people ate poultry, vegetables from … Continue reading

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Manipulation or Good Marketing?

Vitamin Water. Good Marketing or Manipulation?

The survey says:  Manipulation or Good Marketing? Marhalt is on the road, so, without further ado, let’s welcome one of our guest bloggers – he’s one of the country’s leading experts on marketing, which is a close cousin to many … Continue reading

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The Price(s) of Manipulation

Price Manipulation of Power Cables

This blog entry is not about the impact of manipulation (see the post about milk product manipulation for that!). Rather, it is manipulation of prices that I wanted to touch upon today. Price is a strange thing to drive manipulation, … Continue reading

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What you see…

Old Television

So I wanted to buy a television a few days ago… with the World Cup in full swing, I figured it was time to upgrade. The whole experience of buying a television, though, turned out to be quite informative (partly … Continue reading

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