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> The idea is that over time AMZN will push their products even more, to the point of hurting consumers Do you think that supermarkets selling house brands hur
by nordsieck 8y ago
> The idea is that over time AMZN will push their products even more, to the point of hurting consumers
Do you think that supermarkets selling house brands hurts consumers?
- physcab 8y agoNo single supermarket controls 49% of all product related searches on the internet
- briandear 8y agoIf I search for Coca Cola and Amazon shows me "Amazon-Cola" and I ultimately scroll down and see Coca Cola -- no big deal. If Amazon decides to not sell Coca Cola at all, I'm still not buying "Amazon Cola." If you're shopping for name brands already, there really isn't much discovery necessary. If you aren't, then the competing brands should do something to differentiate themselves -- lower prices, higher quality, better advertising perhaps. If I'm buying a generic product to begin with, I don't particularly care what "store brand" it happens to be. And, if we want to talk manufacturing -- the "brands" are all that could be "hurt" -- the actual manufacturing of the product still happens, regardless of who sticks their label on it. A wheat farmer doesn't particularly care what brand the distributor sticks on the final package. He's still getting paid the prevailing price of wheat.
- onetimemanytime 8y ago>>Do you think that supermarkets selling house brands hurts consumers? Don't dismiss it. If a $10 store brand shirt lasts you 5 washes, then you were hurt by not buying a $20 brand one that lasts you years. (granted that you may not have $20 at the same time you need a T-shirt) Same for food items: store brands might be xx cents cheaper but lesser taste, quality and nutrition might put you in red.