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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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PriceSmart: The business of buying less
Consumer · Ecommerce · Logistics

PriceSmart: The business of buying less

Fewer choices. Bigger packs. A reason to renew. PriceSmart took the warehouse club south - and built a business around the discipline of leaving things out.

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Costco’s big idea: fewer choices.
Consumer · Ecommerce · Logistics

Costco’s big idea: fewer choices.

A warehouse full of bargains runs on a surprisingly small menu. Costco turns that restraint into buying power, then asks members to come back for another year.

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The $93 Billion Club That Wants the Checkout Line to Disappear
Consumer · Ecommerce · Marketplace

The $93 Billion Club That Wants the Checkout Line to Disappear

Sam Walton's bulk-buying experiment has become a $93 billion retail laboratory. Its sharpest idea is wonderfully mundane: give members their time back.

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