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Re:SF's Anchor Brewing Company shutting down after 127 years by jms703 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:26PM (#36698249)
Why does a beer have to innovate?
Re:SF's Anchor Brewing Company shutting down after 127 years by giantg2 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:31PM (#36698357)
Not the beer, but the company. Even places like Guiness come out with new stuff like Baltimore Blonde to increase their line up and appeal to a bigger market for better scale.
Re:SF's Anchor Brewing Company shutting down after 127 years by serf on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @03:11PM (#36700140)
the same reason as any market needs to innovate : consumer trends and goals shift with the times.

Let's take the most run-of-the-mill common bolt in the world as a product example : the 200 year old company that has changed to sell that run-of-the-mill bolt online w/ fast delivery and with a companion app has innovated without a product change.

innovation doesn't imply a product change, it implies that a company is necessarily flexible to meet the shifting demands of consumers. This can be done in other ways than shoving newer and shinier products out the door.

Re:SF's Anchor Brewing Company shutting down after 127 years by xp84 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @05:10PM (#36701737)
It doesn’t have to necessarily, however, it does have to in inverse proportion to how much their product appeals to the market presently. If your popularity and sales, for instance, take a 50% hit, you’d better introduce some new product lines. That doesn’t have to mean abandoning your original recipe product.