Clean your products before you sell ’em! PLEASE!
You won’t get good $$$ for a product that’s presented like this.
Supermarket Duopoly in Taipei Market
The supermarket market in Taipei is pretty close to a duopoly. PXMart was virtually unknown 20 years ago but has grown massively with numerous stores peppered across the city. Near my home in the sticks, we have five or six stores all within 15 minutes travel. 7-11 President has already bought Carrefour, though their licensing…
Present your products … badly!
How to present your products… or not. Don’t clean them, photograph them without a good focus, and overcharge for junk! Less than perfect, but quite common on FB marketplace. Why does anyone think an unfixable camera that is presented as weakly as this has any value whatsoever? It might work in a museum! But I…
Maternity/Paternity testing products on the shelves at your local Boots?
There are lots of products on the market for paternity testing these days, for obvious reasons. But this writer is wondering: if there are surrogate mothers where the egg and sperm are from donors, whether maternity testing will ever be required as well! Surely the surrogate mother and the donor mother would be identifiably different…
Cosmetics Companies: Do they really build trust in their products? Seems not.
Do you need night cream? Or suncreams? Or any of a hundred other available cosmetics from a website near you? I visited one website that was selling these products, and I was shocked… Why? It seems that many marketers are targeting online sales for their products, with comprehensive sites: that are short on depth, aimed…
What products in your house contain Asbestos? Have you checked?
We use safety related products every day, we usually think of them as our friends: fire extinguishers, flooring, wall insulation, adhesive, shingles, sidings, fireproofing, fire blankets, brake pads… We almost never think of these products as dangerous, but they could be: they may contain asbestos because of its fire retardant properties, and insulation properties. It…
Ginger, Oolong and Green Tea: Great Healthy Products from the East!
Who’d have thought? Dietary products that contain GREEN TEA! I have been following the diet fad industry for quite some time, ever since 2000 when I lost about 10 kilos through exercise, vegetables, and a variant of the Atkins diet. One of the things that Atkins teaches is avoid caffeine because of its effect on…
Weight loss products vs a box of fruit and veg? Which will help more?
You’ve seen them on the TV, on the late night channels, in magazines, on the net, those expensive weight loss products? I was watching the TV show on BBC World, called Fast Track, in which the presenters are encouraging two business travelers to lose weight. The series is called “FIT TO FLY on fast:track: our…
Coupon Codes: Good discounts on great products…
I am looking for a new mobile pc, as I am attracted by the great features! I wouldn’t mind a tablet pc, with one of those fancy rotatable screens! That is cool. So I started looking for some good coupon codes since they have some PC merchants. A $300 discount would be pretty nice! Dell Coupons…