UK shoppers are on course to buy more ethically than ever this December, according to new research
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Tuesday was the day we’d all been waiting for, our second, better Black Friday: Prime Day. The day Amazon puts limited amounts of random items on sale for a limited time. The day internet frenzy rivals the famed casual violence of Black Friday. It’s practically a holiday, and it’s only three years old. It's a brilliant marketing plan, and I – and you – benefited from Amazon's unprecedented success.
There actually can be such a thing as too many choices. But you don't need Bernie Sanders to limit your deodorant selection. Costco will do it for you on a voluntary basis.
With the announcement that Amazon.com is purchasing Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, a certain strain of the anti-business Left went into panic mode. It’s the same concern you see every time two large companies merge, amplified by the fact that Whole Foods happens to be particularly popular among people skeptical of corporate power. Of course, all these fears are terribly dramatic and overblown, falling into the classic error that confuses corporate power with government power.
In the real world, prices often seem far above marginal cost. If you're steeped in the perfectly competitive model, where price always equals marginal cost, it's easy to feel "ripped off" whenever you make a purchase. The obvious rebuttal is to point to all the fixed costs of production, but this greatly understates what a fantastic deal we consumers get.
Traditional retailers have been struggling in the 21st century, and there’s been a steady stream of news highlighting those struggles. Retail giants J.C. Penney, GameStop, Sears, Kmart, Macy's, RadioShack, Payless Shoes, and many other businesses are closing thousands of collective physical locations, but sales across the board are increasing. Creative destruction may mean the death of shopping as we've known it, but it also means shopping will be better.
The problem with food is that it disappears every time you eat. In my eternal search for food, I've become one of those people who goes to different grocery stores for different things. But in the process, I've realized that each store not only offers different things, but also makes me feel totally different and even approach the items differently. If you're planning on opening a business, ask yourself the same questions grocery stores ask themselves before decorating.
