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...A 34oz bottle of P&G’s Pantene Pro-V Shampoo & Conditioner was listed by 10 different sellers — nine of them third parties — on the shopping site....
...The battle in groceries comes as German discounters Aldi and Lidl have opened in the US, risking a price war with incumbents....
...It did launch a webshop last year but on a small scale and Jim McCarthy, Poundland’s boss, admits that for a discounter selling low-priced items “it is a challenge to make money online”....
...Top shareholdings: Resolute Forest Products; Dex Media; Cooper Tire & Rubber Company; IBM; Merck & Co; New York Times. Portfolio Value: $2.5bn....
...New rounds of financing for Facebook and internet discounter Groupon are likely to be followed by one or two similar private deals for $1bn or more but will not create a model that replaces the traditional...
...The upper income shoppers are increasingly likely to go to a discounter such as Wal-Mart to buy their preferred brands, while low- and middle-income shoppers opt for store brands that cost less....
...The Target chain, Wal-Mart’s rival discounter, has also opened two of its SuperTarget Supercenters in the area....
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