Why all the furore about BooHoo pricing?
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56506859
I don't see what all the fuss is about - have I missed something? Surely that's the nature of running a business. Why should different brands charge the same price for an item just because they're owned by the same parent company? They're in business for profit, so why can't they put whatever price tag they like on their merchandise?
I don't see what all the fuss is about - have I missed something? Surely that's the nature of running a business. Why should different brands charge the same price for an item just because they're owned by the same parent company? They're in business for profit, so why can't they put whatever price tag they like on their merchandise?
Nothing wrong, as long as you don't get caught and suffer reputational damage...
A customer who bought the more expensive one is going to be potentially annoyed, and either stick to the cheaper brand forever more, or go elsewhere.
It's like if you find out Waitrose and Aldi are selling the same ketchup under their own brands. Waitrose customers will think, might as well shop at Aldi for everything.
A customer who bought the more expensive one is going to be potentially annoyed, and either stick to the cheaper brand forever more, or go elsewhere.
It's like if you find out Waitrose and Aldi are selling the same ketchup under their own brands. Waitrose customers will think, might as well shop at Aldi for everything.
hyphen said:
Nothing wrong, as long as you don't get caught and suffer reputational damage...
A customer who bought the more expensive one is going to be potentially annoyed, and either stick to the cheaper brand, or go elsewhere.
It's like if you find out Waitrose and Aldi are selling the same ketchup under their own brands. Waitrose customers will think, might as well shop at Aldi for everything.
Seriously what a non-story by the BBC. This has always happened when shops are owned by the same company. Charge a mark-up for the more expensively marketed/directed shop. If people are so bothered, go to the cheaper shop. It's not like it's not easier than ever to compare prices by looking online is it!A customer who bought the more expensive one is going to be potentially annoyed, and either stick to the cheaper brand, or go elsewhere.
It's like if you find out Waitrose and Aldi are selling the same ketchup under their own brands. Waitrose customers will think, might as well shop at Aldi for everything.
There should be more furore about this sort of thing.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/28/b...
Sweatshops paying £4.00 per hour. Or less.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/28/b...
Sweatshops paying £4.00 per hour. Or less.
Bluesgirl said:
It's well known that M&S source their foodstuffs from established brandnames..
All own brand food and products at supermarkets is made by the big suppliers. The supermarkets don't want to be running hundreds of factories.The difference (should be) the specification of the item that each supermarket requests, which for food should be verifiable by the list of ingredients, and the order of ingredients.
In the same way all car parts are made by the big supplier, but say the carpet in a Bentley will be a lot thicker than in a Ford.
Edited by hyphen on Friday 2nd April 11:52
55palfers said:
There should be more furore about this sort of thing.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/28/b...
Sweatshops paying £4.00 per hour. Or less.
/\/\/\/\ Absolutely. You would hope that BooHoo are looking thoroughly across their supply chain and not cutting corners after the bad press they got last year.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/28/b...
Sweatshops paying £4.00 per hour. Or less.
hyphen said:
All own brand food and products at supermarkets is made by the big suppliers. The supermarkets don't want to be running hundreds of factories.
The difference (should be) the specification of the item that each supermarket requests, which for food should be verifiable by the list of ingredients, and the order of ingredients.
In the same way all car parts are made by the big supplier, but say the carpet in a Bentley will be a lot thicker than in a Ford.
The specification in food is often identical, I've watched (and coded the software that makes them) cakes come off the line and be sent to different packaging machines for the different labels.The difference (should be) the specification of the item that each supermarket requests, which for food should be verifiable by the list of ingredients, and the order of ingredients.
In the same way all car parts are made by the big supplier, but say the carpet in a Bentley will be a lot thicker than in a Ford.
Edited by hyphen on Friday 2nd April 11:52
hyphen said:
All own brand food and products at supermarkets is made by the big suppliers. The supermarkets don't want to be running hundreds of factories.
The difference (should be) the specification of the item that each supermarket requests, which for food should be verifiable by the list of ingredients, and the order of ingredients.
In the same way all car parts are made by the big supplier, but say the carpet in a Bentley will be a lot thicker than in a Ford.
Exactly this. I work for a large household brand - and most our products are ‘off the shelf’ - you will find the exact same products under other brands just maybe with a slightly different look and feel. The most obvious example of this to a car forum is the VW Golf is a Seat Leon is an Audi TT just with a different roof! (For the most part...)The difference (should be) the specification of the item that each supermarket requests, which for food should be verifiable by the list of ingredients, and the order of ingredients.
In the same way all car parts are made by the big supplier, but say the carpet in a Bentley will be a lot thicker than in a Ford.
Edited by hyphen on Friday 2nd April 11:52
Its very rare now for brands (in general merchandise goods) to run their own factories, and instead you find so much is China sourced but specced differently, but intrinsically they are the same. When I worked in food for a major supermarket I would be visiting Faccenda or 2 Sisters and see the exact same chickens or meals just having a different stamp on it and this goes on with basically all products.
In the case of this though I think the issue is boohoo scrubbed out the Oasis info from the label using a marker then rebadged it as Karen. Its a half arsed rebadging akin to shoving an M badge on a 118d
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