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How Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche
- legitster 2y agoDupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41313377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41313377
- smegsicle 2y agodont worry theres no comments
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- smegsicle 2y agohttps://archive.ph/vYoEm https://archive.ph/vYoEm
- dundarious 2y agoCostco also tend not to sell bad or mediocre high price items. If you buy a somewhat expensive vacuum cleaner (that is still a good deal relative to other retailers), it's pretty much guaranteed that it's a quality product, less likely to be built poorly, unlikely to break easily, etc. Costco functions as a kind of Wirecutter like review service.
- fmajid 2y agoThe term “curation” is overused, but that is definitely an aspect of their success, just like Trader Joe’s.