pfarrell;468432 Wrote: > toby10 wrote: > > Keep in mind Sony has deep pockets to *nudge* (read: bribe) > retailers > > to promote the Sony brand and/or particular products. > > Er, in all food stores and most mass market retail stores, the profit > margins are in selling the prime shelf space, not in the markup of the > goods. End of aisle displays, prime shelf space at arm level, are > worth > money and retailers live on it. > > They have lots of terms that don't rhyme with bribe, but paying for > placement is normal practice. > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
Yes, I'm not talking about paying for product placement. I'm talking about precisely what I said, "bribe". :) It happens at the store level, regional level, corporate level. -- toby10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69297 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
