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Best Practices for Selling on Amazon You May Be Missing

Retail TouchPoints

But there are rules and there are specific ways to get products seen by consumers. For many retailers, success selling on Amazon simply lies in following a set of best practices. Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Pricing (MSRP) and Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) aren’t enforced by Amazon. Keep things tidy.

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Can You Price Below MAP Prices?

Wiser

If you work in the retail industry, you’ve likely heard of or encountered a MAP policy. Online shopping has exponentially increased the ease with which consumers can find products and compare prices between different retailers, so MAP has become a crucial aspect of product selling for many manufacturers.

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Chemist Warehouse accused of price tampering during Black Friday sales

Inside Retail

Chemist Warehouse has been accused of inflating product prices across the Black Friday weekend, signalling ‘savings’ which were actually higher than the standard prices advertised before and after the shopping event. off of recommended retail price), respectively.

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Chemist Warehouse accused of price tampering during Black Friday sales

Inside Retail

Chemist Warehouse has been accused of inflating product prices across the Black Friday weekend, signalling ‘savings’ which were actually higher than the standard prices advertised before and after the shopping event. off of recommended retail price), respectively.

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How Buy One, Get One Can Improve Your Sales

Wiser

BOGO is a great discount technique to use to appeal to consumers. Big companies such as TOMS and Chipotle have seen a lot of success with BOGO promotions. In a report from AMG , 66 percent of shoppers say that they like BOGO the most out of all discount promotions. Get on shoppers’ good sides with a Buy One, Get One promotion.

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Analysis: The many faces of social commerce in China

Inside Retail

Cosmetics brand Perfect Diary kicked off this trend by launching its virtual persona Xiao Wanzi on WeChat and engaging customers through private and group chats – a beauty advisor, friend, promotional information supplier, and customer service assistant – all in real time. The ‘C’ in CRM is for ‘community’, not ‘customer’.

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The Future of Pricing Strategies: Will MAP Last Forever?

Wiser

Pricing strategies of today are not the pricing strategies of tomorrow. This question relates directly to minimum advertised price. MAP is a central pricing strategy in the U.S. centric pricing strategy. MAP isn’t used in Europe, for example, and there are plenty of other strategies popular in retail.