Dominick Reuter
Senior Reporter at Business Insider
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1 day ago |
businessinsider.com | Steven Tweedie |Dominick Reuter |Henry Blodget
Target's former chief diversity officer is weighing in on the backlash the retailer has faced over its rollback of DEI policies. Caroline Wanga, who left Target in 2020 and is now CEO of Essence, told NBC's Today show on Friday that Target "didn't walk away from DEI. They trained it.""If you do this thing right, you create a way that gives goals that can be measured to incent people into the behavior," she said.
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2 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Steven Tweedie |Dominick Reuter |Henry Blodget
Sometimes things are a little too popular. That certainly appears to be the case for Costco's gold bars. The wholesale club has been gradually tightening (and clarifying) the transaction limits on some of its precious metals products. Where shoppers on Costco.com could originally purchase two one-ounce gold bars per transaction, they can now buy just one at a time. A Costco.com listing for a one-ounce gold bar from Rand Refinery on May 12.
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3 days ago |
businessinsider.com.pl | Dominick Reuter
Założyciel firmy Afina, Ramon van Meer, sprawdził, czy klienci zapłacą więcej za produkt "Made in USA" Okazało się, że produkcja w USA kosztowałaby trzykrotnie więcej, co przełożyło się na wzrost ceny o 85 proc. Po kilku dniach testu nikt nie kupił wersji towaru wyprodukowanej w USA Ramon van Meer, właściciel niewielkiej firmy, przyzwyczaił się już do słuchania deklaracji, że ludzie chętnie zapłacą więcej za produkty wytworzone w USA.
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4 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Steven Tweedie |Dominick Reuter |Henry Blodget
As a small business owner, Ramon van Meer said he's used to hearing people say they'd be willing to pay more for products made in America. When President Donald Trump ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese imports by an additional 145%, van Meer decided to see if shoppers would put their money where their mouth is. "I wanted to know the answer and then use it for my own company," the Afina founder told Business Insider.
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4 days ago |
yahoo.com | Dominick Reuter
Ramon van Meer wanted to see whether people would buy a Made-in-USA version of his specialty shower head. He found it would cost three times as much to produce — and raised the sale price by 85%. After several days of testing, zero customers bought the USA model. As a small-business owner, Ramon van Meer says he's used to hearing people say they'd be willing to pay more for products made in America.
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