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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by margalabargala on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @05:59PM (#28858199)
Just because something is made by the same manufacturer at the same location, doesn't mean that the manufacturer used the same inputs/recipes in everything it produces. It can easily have different lines that use different quality levels of input at different price points.
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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by eropple on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:26PM (#28866397)
Of course. The manufacturer is getting the benefit of price differentiation without brand diffusion. And?
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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by margalabargala on Friday October 15, 2021 @02:15PM (#28881058)
I felt the implication of your original comment was "store brands are functionally the same as name brands", and wanted to clarify that was not necessarily the case. Apologies if I misunderstood.
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