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self-service ideal
shopping experience at
suburbanization and
wage deflation and
disease, foodborne
distribution systems
”Distribution Upheaval, The” (
Fortune
series)
Doerringer, Peter
”Does Wal-Mart Sell Inferior Goods” (Basker)
Dole
Dollar Stores
Donna Karan
Douglas, Michael
dresses, world’s cheapest
Drewnowski, Adam
Dube, Arindrajit
Dunlop, Fuchsia
E. coli
(Escherichia coli)
contamination
E. J. Korvette
eBay
Econometrica
economics
behavioral
of discounting model
economies of scale
Economist, The
Efverlund, Anna
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
elastic goods and services
electronics repair shops
Elizabeth, Queen of England
emotions
discounting and
and economic decision-making
neuroscience of, pricing and
End of Food, The
(Roberts)
enlightened self-interest
Enron
Ethiopia
”Evolution of Mercantile Business, The” (Wanamaker)
exclusive contracts
executive compensation
expectations, and price
exploding discounts
external cues, and valuation
Ezzedeen, Souha
factories, working conditions in
factory outlets.
See
outlet malls
Fair, S. S.
Fair Labor Association
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,
fairness
evolutionary underpinnings of
of pricing
fair-trade laws
fall-apart
famine
Famous-Barr
FDA.
See
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
February Opportunity Sales
Federal Reserve
Federated
FedMart
Ferkauf, Estelle
Ferkauf, Eugene
Ferkauf, Harry
Filene’s Basement
Fitzgerald, Kathryn
flat packing
Folding Basket Carrier Corporation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Chinese agricultural and seafood imports rejected by
percentage of food inspected by
food industry
agribusiness
disease and
famine
health, cheap food and
livestock
overreliance on cheap food, effects of
shrimp
subsidies, effect of
subsistence farming
food prices
food stores
Ford, Henry
forestry industry
Fortune
Franklin, Benjamin
Franklin Mills Outlet
free
Freeman, Richard
Freud, Anna
Freud, Sigmund
Friedman, Thomas L.
From Dawn to Sunset
(General Motors promotional film)
frugalism
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Furman, Jason
Galbraith, James
Galbraith, John Kenneth
Gallagher, Mary
Gap
garlic
Geertz, Clifford
G.E.M.
General Foods
General Maximum Price Regulation
General Motors
G.E.X.
The Giant Store
Gillette
Gimbels
Global Insight
globalization
Goldman, Sylvan
Grand Union
Great Depression
greed
Greenspan, Alan
Gresham, Sir Thomas
Gresham’s Law
Griswold, Mike
Gruen, Victor
Gruen transfer
Gucci
gun manufacturing
Guthman, Julie
Haiti
Halliburton
Hamilton, Walton
Han Yi
Hargreaves, John
Harrods Food Halls
Harvard, brand dilution and
Hausman, Jerry
health, cheap food and
health care costs
heixin
Henderson, William K. “Old Man,”
high/low pricing
Hitchcock, Alfred
H & M
home construction
Home Depot
Home Shopping Network
Homo economicus economic model
hotel industry
Hounshell, David
Household Registration Law (China)
Hu Jindou
Hull, Brent
Humphrey-Hawkins Act
Humpty Dumpty
hyperbolic time discounting
IKEA
advertising by
alliances with not-for-profits
bookcase
catalog
designing to price
de-skilling of labor
flat packing
forestry industry and
number and location of stores
suppliers to
illusion of objectivity
imports
Chinese (
See
China)
Japanese and Asian, in 1960s,
markdowns of
shrimp
income
declines in real income, early 2000s,
post-World War II boom years
income taxes, under Eisenhower and Kennedy
India
inelastic goods and services
inflation
of 1970s,
CPI, in 2007-2008,
Feds targeting of employment to fight
during World War II,
Ingka Holding
innovation
In Search of Excellence
(Peters)
instant rebates
insula
interchangeable parts
International Herald Tribune
inventory management
iPhone
iPod
Ireland
Irish potato famine
“Is This the Worlds Cheapest Dress . . .” (Wilson)
J. C. Penney
Japanese imports
John Wanamaker & Co.
Jones, Lee
Jonze, Spike
Jordan, Julie
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
just-in-time distribution
K. B. Toy Outlet
Kahneman, Daniel
Kalish, Ira
Kamprad, Ingvar
Kanigel, Robert
Kaufman’s
Kennedy, John F.
Kettering, Charles
Keynes, John Maynard
Kmart
Knutson, Brian
Korvettes.
See
E. J. Korvette
Kresge.
See
S. S. Kresge Company
Kristof, Nicholas
Kroger Supermarkets
Krummeck, Elsie
labor arbitrage
labor exploitation in China, worldwide effects of
labor movement
labor unions
Landsman, Janet
Lasch, Christopher
Lawrence, Robert
Lawrie, George
lean-retailing techniques
Leonhardt, David
Les Halles
Levi Strauss
Levitt, Alfred
Levitt, William
Levitt and Sons
Levy, Leon
Lichtenstein, Donald
Lichtenstein, Nelson
The Limited
Lindell, Jens
Lindgren, Charlotte
Linnaeus, Carl
livestock industry
Locke, Richard
Long, Huey P.
Lord & Taylor
Los Angeles Times
loss aversion
loss leaders
Lowenstein, George
Lowe’s
Lundgren, Gillis
luxury goods
LVMH
Macy’s
Madoff, Michael
mail-in rebates
mail-order business
mainstream retailers
discount sections in
markdowns by, growth of
malls
Gruen’s architectural designs
improving patron satisfaction with mall attributes
outlet (
See
outlet malls)
Malmendier, Ulrike
Mammoth Mart
mangrove forest, shrimp farming’s impact on
Mankiw, Gregory
Mansfield, Jayne
manual labor
manufacturer’s suggested price (MSP)
markdown money
markdowns
free
of imported goods
by mainstream retailers
optimization of
seasonal variations
setting amount of
types of
market value
Marshall Field’s
mass production
adoption of European-style techniques
and clothing market
cotton gin
Ford’s assembly line
gun manufacture
home construction
Matlock, Larry
Mattel
mattress industry
maximum price regulations, during World War II,
Maxwell, Sarah
May Department Stores
McDonald, David
McDonald’s
McGovern, Charles
McKinley, William
McNair, Malcolm P.
membership stores
Mercedes-Benz
Midsummer Sales
migrant workers, in China
Mill, John Stuart
Miller-Tydings Act
minimum price regulations
minimum wage
Model T Ford
Monroe, Kent
Monsanto
Moral Sentiments
(Smith)
Morris, Michael
motivated reasoning
Mumford, Lewis
Natale, Joe
National Association of Retail Druggists
National Consumers League
National Industrial Recovery Act
natural value
Naylor, Gillian
Nebraska Beef Ltd.
Neiman Marcus
neuroscience of emotion, and pricing
New Deal
Newsday
New Yorker Magazine, The
New York Times, The
Nguyen Tan Dung
9/11 terrorist attacks
Nordstrom
North, Simeon
North Face
Northland
Nowak, Martin
nucleus accumbens
numbers, meaning of
Number Sense, The
(Dahaene)
Nunn, William L.
Oak Hall
Obama, Barack
obesity pandemic
obsolescence
Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply
Old Navy
Olive Garden
opportunity cost of time
optimization of markdowns
Oracle
organic food
outcome regret
outlet malls
brand-name distinction
history of
luxury goods
minimization of amenities at
reference pricing
remote location of
rise of
outsourcing
overcharging
Overseas Fur Factory
Owens, James W.
Oxford Industries
Patman, Wright
Patten, Simon Nelson
Penney, J. C.
perfect competition
Peters, Tom
Pollan, Michael
Pollin, Robert
pork industry
positioning prices on menus
potatoes
Potomac Mills
poverty, in China
Predictably Irrational
(Ariely)
Prevor, Barry
”Price and Brand Name as Indicators of Quality Dimensions for Consumer Durables” (Naylor)
prices
discounting (
See
discounters/ discounting)
elasticity
manual labor-intensive products and
maximum price regulations, during World War II,
minimum price regulations
overcharging
theory of (
See
pricing theory)
price tags
pricing theory
anticipation
auctions
behavioral responses to prices
context of transaction
expectations manipulated by price
loss aversion
natural
versus
market value
neuroscience of emotion and
numbers, meaning of
positioning prices on menus
promotions
psychology underlying
rational maximizing model of consumer choice, flaws in
rationing
regret
Ultimatum Game
utility maximization theory
yield management
primary processing system, of brain
priming
Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
(Ricardo)
productivity
gains in
real income declines despite gains in
Professional Service Association
promotions
”Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under Risk” (Kahneman and Tversky)
prudent man
psychology of consumer behavior
pull of the salient
Raleigh, Sir Walter
Ralph Lauren
Ramakrishnan, Rama
rational maximizing model of consumer choice, flaws in
rationing
of goods
price
RC2 Corporation
rebates

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