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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.
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.
Bob Eddy and the arithmetic of coming back
The former finance chief running BJ’s Wholesale Club has a deceptively ordinary assignment: give people a reason to return. His working materials include strawberries, digital coupons, and a very large jar of peanut M&M’s.
Ron Vachris and the education of a Costco CEO
He started at Price Club in 1982, driving a forklift. Four decades later, Ron Vachris is running Costco with a working knowledge of the warehouse floor - and a close interest in what ends up in the cart.
David Price and the price of being trusted
His grandfather helped invent the warehouse club. His father built PriceSmart. Now David Price is taking the family’s bargain into a new market, with a familiar obligation: make membership worth paying for.
The Sam’s Club Math Every Family Should Do
For a family of four, the basic membership can pay for itself with modest monthly savings. The real risk is not the fee - it is buying more than your household can use.