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Why We Say We'll Cancel But Never Do
Why We Say We'll Cancel But Never Do
Earlier surveys found 23% of Disney+ subscribers would change their subscription if prices increased 38%, but only 6% actually did. Why do people behave differently than how they say they would?
·jadrian.substack.com·
Why We Say We'll Cancel But Never Do
Disney+ Users Paid Up When the Price Rose
Disney+ Users Paid Up When the Price Rose
Subscribers to Walt Disney’s flagship Disney+ streaming service barely blinked at a 38% price increase that the company imposed in December as part of its launch of an ad-supported streaming product.
·wsj.com·
Disney+ Users Paid Up When the Price Rose
Disney+ Users Paid Up When the Price Rose
Disney+ Users Paid Up When the Price Rose
Subscribers to Walt Disney’s flagship Disney+ streaming service barely blinked at a 38% price increase that the company imposed in December as part of its launch of an ad-supported streaming product.
·wsj.com·
Disney+ Users Paid Up When the Price Rose
Over $30M worth of Funkos are being dumped
Over $30M worth of Funkos are being dumped
Funko, the maker of the Funko Pop! collectible figurines, will "eliminate" a massive batch of its inventory to alleviate some of the company's financial struggles.
·npr.org·
Over $30M worth of Funkos are being dumped
Tesla cuts U.S. Model S and Model X prices between 4% and 9%
Tesla cuts U.S. Model S and Model X prices between 4% and 9%
Tesla Inc has cut prices on its two most expensive electric vehicles in the United States, according to the company's website, days after Chief Executive Elon Musk said recent price cuts on other models had stoked demand.
·reuters.com·
Tesla cuts U.S. Model S and Model X prices between 4% and 9%
Here's why it's so hard to buy vegetables in the UK
Here's why it's so hard to buy vegetables in the UK
LONDON (AP) — When European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen visited Britain last week, some joked on social media: Can you please bring us some tomatoes?
·apnews.com·
Here's why it's so hard to buy vegetables in the UK
Avocado, tomato prices rise substantially due to weather | NL Times
Avocado, tomato prices rise substantially due to weather | NL Times
Cold weather in Southern Europe and empty Dutch greenhouses due to high energy bills have resulted in empty vegetable shelves in the Netherlands. Tomatoes, peppers, cauliflowers, and avocados are in short supply - and their prices have risen accordingly, the Telegraaf reports.
·nltimes.nl·
Avocado, tomato prices rise substantially due to weather | NL Times
Junk Fees, Bundling and Unbundling
Junk Fees, Bundling and Unbundling
Joe Biden harped on junk fees during the State of the Union. While I do not think it is the problem of our time, I take things in the reference class of resort fees, or fees to have adjacent seats on an airplane, and other such unbundling (and bundling) surprisingly seriously. I am putting up my thoughts here so I have a reference to fall back upon.
·open.substack.com·
Junk Fees, Bundling and Unbundling
Vanilla Market Update: Poor Flowering Hinders Vanilla Output
Vanilla Market Update: Poor Flowering Hinders Vanilla Output
Vanilla production in Madagascar is expected to decline in 2022/23, following weak flowering in the key growing areas in the northeast of the island in the closing months of 2021.
·mintecglobal.com·
Vanilla Market Update: Poor Flowering Hinders Vanilla Output
Role of the price mechanism in allocating resources in an economy
Role of the price mechanism in allocating resources in an economy
Question: Explain the role of the price mechanism in allocating resources in an economy As resources are scarce relative to the insatiable demands of human wants, economies are concerned with basic questions of allocation. The free market price mechanism (is the forces of demand and supply) answers the questions of- What and how much to produce? For whom to
·qeducation.sg·
Role of the price mechanism in allocating resources in an economy