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Redbox Instant Goes Live

Redbox (owned by Coinstar) has been planning to expand beyond its video-rental vending machines to the online streaming of movies for quite a while. Now, that is a reality as Coinstar and Verizon have partnered to form Redbox Instant by … Continue reading

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eBay’s New Fee Structure for Sellers

In recent years, eBay has faced increasing competition from Amazon.com as the latter has added more new third-party sellers to its Web site. Now, eBay is introducing a new fee structure for its third-party sellers to encouage them to stay … Continue reading

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Secrets to Setting Competitive Prices

It’s pretty hard for a retail firm to be successful if it (a) does not know what prices its competitors are offering and (b) it does not have a pricing strategy that reflects the competitive marketplace — whomever the retailer … Continue reading

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