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Re:The hijacking of $339,000 worth of rare Japanese KitKats by dharmab on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:59PM (#38225099)
Japanese retail space (as in, the physical space available in the stores) favors small batches. US retail space favors economies of scale.
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Re:The hijacking of $339,000 worth of rare Japanese KitKats by ajmurmann on Saturday November 11, 2023 @12:34AM (#38227906)
Do you know why this is? This seems to be true across a variety of products, including way more interesting fast food offerings.
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Re:The hijacking of $339,000 worth of rare Japanese KitKats by numpad0 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @07:21AM (#38229703)
It does seem like Japanese brands are more optimized for smaller size and number of batches. Could be due to accommodating logistics, media hype culture, denser population, omnipresent convenience stores, etc.
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