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In case you were wondering. Toilet paper is a business where we run all of our assets 24/7…, so it wasn’t like there was an opportunity to just say, ‘Oh, just run more hours.’ All the hours were already accounted for. Shows that retail is based on administrative pricing rather than market pricing. Under market pricing with quantity limited, the price would have risen to ration available supply based on price. Would that have prevented hoarding? Would this have been a better solution? An alternative would have been to ration the quantity of product per customer, which some firms eventually did. Fast CompanyAngel Soft exec explains why toilet paper supply couldn’t keep up with demand when COVID-19 hit Michael Grothaus
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In case you were wondering. Toilet paper is a business where we run all of our assets 24/7…, so it wasn’t like there was an opportunity to just say, ‘Oh, just run more hours.’ All the hours were already accounted for. Shows that retail is based on administrative pricing rather than market pricing. Under market pricing with quantity limited, the price would have risen to ration available supply based on price. Would that have prevented hoarding? Would this have been a better solution? An alternative would have been to ration the quantity of product per customer, which some firms eventually did. Fast CompanyAngel Soft exec explains why toilet paper supply couldn’t keep up with demand when COVID-19 hit Michael Grothaus
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In case you were wondering.
Toilet paper is a business where we run all of our assets 24/7…, so it wasn’t like there was an opportunity to just say, ‘Oh, just run more hours.’ All the hours were already accounted for.Shows that retail is based on administrative pricing rather than market pricing. Under market pricing with quantity limited, the price would have risen to ration available supply based on price. Would that have prevented hoarding? Would this have been a better solution? An alternative would have been to ration the quantity of product per customer, which some firms eventually did.
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Angel Soft exec explains why toilet paper supply couldn’t keep up with demand when COVID-19 hit
Angel Soft exec explains why toilet paper supply couldn’t keep up with demand when COVID-19 hit
Michael Grothaus