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		komali2 on Feb 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pricing Experiments You Can Learn From (2011) He failed because sales for JC Penney fell, but in a sense perhaps he succeeded in preventing people from purchasing clothes they didn't necessarily need?

setr on Feb 13, 2019 [–]

It would have been a success if he had gotten people to pay a premium for the clothing they did need.

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