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Never thought of it this way! Almost every produce I buy at target has a target brand (knock off?) version like MarketPantry or Good&Gather

• dellinspiron 6y ago
  The US government is wholly unprepared to deal with the wicked smart ingenuity of modern corporations. These inquisitions by congress feel like little children running around picking up sticks after a house has burned down. Give up, you've already lost.
  • jkestner 6y ago
    There are representatives who understand modern corporations and are willing to reform the markets as needed — Katie Porter and Ro Khanna come to mind — but market regulation is a bad word in party leadership, whether or not they understand technology. As far as understanding technology, there used to be an Office of Technology Assessment that would provide the background to Congress, until anti-reality Republicans killed it as the Web was taking off. https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2019/how-congress-got-dumb-on-tech-and-how-it-can-get-smart/ https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2019/h...
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• basch 6y ago
  It can also be a mark of quality. Kirkland goes around, finds good products, and whitelabels them. You can trust Costco to stand by things they put their name over. Target is the same. Their own brands are a mark of exceeding a minimum quality threshold.