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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by scarface_74 on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @09:18PM (#37759755)
Do you think two neighborhood convenience stores are also automatically colluding when they look across the street from one another and raise and low gas prices to match?
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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by defrost on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @09:27PM (#37759819)
That entirely depends on the stores and their ownership.

It is not unkown for 'competitors' to stage cost cutting dramas and pantomine competitive pricing in order to create artifical demand and customer loyalty to either or both scrappy underdogs.

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