Is too much choice an issue and how do you decide what to buy?

Posted by: looklively

22nd Mar 2017 11:05am

Coles and Woolies are following Aldi's lead and cutting the number of product lines they stock as a result of customers finding that too much choice is stressful. So what do you think? - How do you feel about having less choice in the supermarket? What would you do if your usual brand was no longer available? Would you prefer more or fewer brands to choose from? Does having too many brands to choose from make it harder to decide? When you are faced with a wide range of products to choose from, how you make your decision?

KennethS

23rd Mar 2017 03:10pm

The unholy duopoly of Coles and Woolworths have exploited Australian shoppers for two long, I doubt that most people realise how these two powerful groups control the majority of the Australian retail market. It is all about market dominance and stifling competition
Just don't think Supermarkets, think petrol, think liquor, think hotel groups, think pokies, think Big W, KMart, Target Bunnings, these two groups control close to 70% of Australian retailing, basically it is Wesfarmers Group and the Woolworths Group.
Woolworths have suffered some spectacular reverses with Masters losing them billions, the Dick Smith debacle, and have not achieved the profit objectives of their board, and a few heads have rolled.

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