Marcas brancas e as outras

Uma nota prévia de precaução, cuidado com o conceito de marca branca (private label) e o tipo de lojas aqui referido. Não fazer extrapolações directas sem cuidar do filtro.
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A propósito de "Por todo o lado a espiral da guerra de preços":

"The challenge is that too many manufacturers and retailers still believe that private label is about the lowest price. And the risk is that this becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy if companies continue to strip out benefits for a lower price."[Moi ici: E pior ainda quando são as marcas de fabricantes as primeiras a acreditar nisso. Por exemplo, para mim, a melhor marca de iogurte grego natural sem açúcar, com o sabor e a viscosidade que mais aprecio, é a ... marca do Lidl. Recordar marcador "marcas brancas melhores que as outras"]

Muito interessantes estas conclusões:

"The core assumption here is that private label sales are only about price. To test this, we decided to take a look to see if private label superconsumers - consumers who buy a lot of private label and have strong emotions about private label - actually existed. It turned out they do exist, but they were different, more prevalent, and more important than what we expected. [Moi ici: Isto devia ser um sinal de alarme para as marcas de fabricante]
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the assumption was a consumer who buys a lot of private label was only concerned about price and other functional benefits. To our surprise, we were wrong.
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The incidence of a consumer solely focused on the lowest price and no benefits was extremely tiny."

Não admira que depois se conclua isto acerca das marcas.
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Trechos retirados de "Store Brands Aren’t Just about Price"