The boss of Aussie department store Myer, Mr Bernie Brookes, was asked yesterday about increasing harmonisation of product prices across countries (presumed to be a response by suppliers and retailers to the exodus of customers to online commerce).
He said (with a delightfully Aussie oratory flourish):
“If you don’t do it the customer leaves you en masse. It is Darwinian shit: if you don’t do it you are not going to sell it.”
Damn the perils of actual international competition. I bet he wishes he was in Apple’s big boots on this, as they seem very capable of selling the exact same song/app etc on iTunes for considerably different prices from market-to-market. See this link for a nice bit of comparative work – Aussies really get screwed. I guess we’re the Easter Island of Darwinian natural selection.
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