Category Archives: shopping

A Neat Little Kayak

By Jeremiah | 02 May 2006

Just wanted to take a second to pimp Kayak.com. I had been making the rounds through the travel search usual suspects (Priceline.com, Orbitz, etc.). Orbitz (and cheaptickets.com which seems to be the exact same search engine) puts the brakes on my ancient computer with it’s huge, complex page layouts and floating options panel. [...]

Also posted in notes, reviews, search, travel, web | Comments closed

Wal-Mart’s Bait

By Jeremiah | 01 December 2005

Wal-Mart’s Pricing Strategy.
WalMart goes to great lengths to have an alluring and unbeatable opening price point item in each category- from TV sets to cosmetics to bathing suits. These are the “unbelievable” prices that the company has become famous for (for example, a microwave oven for $14.67). The psychological impact of this opening price point [...]

Also posted in finance, things i didn't know, wanderings | Leave a comment