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Retail Pricing, Fair Trade Laws, and the Rise of Walmart
Retailers not manufacturers control retail pricing. This wasn’t always the case. Learn how politics informed commerce and ultimately enabled Walmart.
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Why did Dean Foods go Bankrupt? A Porter Model Analysis reveals the truth.
Dean Foods went from an industry leader to bankrupt in a few years. A Porter Analysis reveals that industry structure had a much larger impact than previously imagined.
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Fair Trade: The arcane reason small retailers can’t compete with chains
Fair Trade agreements allowed small retailers to compete with big. Now they’re gone.