There’s a sale on non-toxic, organic pillows and Garret adds that customers should be weary of what that means the other pillows contain. By providing such labels on certain products, it means customers are likely to assume the alternative products contain harmful ingredients. This asymmetric information, where the store knows more about the products than the customers do, can lead to inefficiencies in the market.
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Discount Sushi
Sushi is on sale, but people should question whether it’s worth the risk? If companies have too many products, it may indicate that the price was set too high. When a surplus exists, firms reduce the price so that the market clears. Unfortunately, the quality may not be as high as it was the day before.
Store brand beef products are being marked down 80% and Garret suggests that customers should consider why a store would do something like that. He’s suggesting something may be wrong with the product, and perhaps the store knows more about the quality of the meat than the customers do.
Teaching with Superstore 