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How to shop in a discounted world ellwood, mark on. Britishborn, new yorkbased mark ellwood has lived out of a suitcase for most of his life. In the book, you write that the percentage of inventory that retailers sell at some kind of discount has just about. Bargain fever is a fascinating book about marketing practices, but it does not delve deeply into trying to understand. Ellwood reveals the implications bargain shopping holds for american. After studying for an undergraduate degree in english literature at cambridge university in england and a masters on a scholarship to the university of chicago, he spent several years as a tour director leading art tours around cities like florence, rome and paris. But if youre to believe mark ellwood, who spent two years researching his new book, bargain fever. Using many illustrative examples, the author presents an account of the history of bargains, explains how they influence our shopping behavior and speculates on what discounts will look like in the future. Bargain fever, mark ellwood, 9781591845805 at booksdirect. How to shop in a discounted world, examines our cultures newfound obsession with deals, discounts and never paying full price. Mark ellwood s bargain fever explores our addiction to acquiring abundantly on the cheapwhether we need the. Buy bargain fever online from our australian bookstore. But today, one in four american shoppers will buy something only if its on sale.

How to shop in a discounted world penguinportfolio. When cocacola offered the first retail coupon in the 1880s, customers were thrilled. In this playful, wellresearched book, journalist mark ellwood investigates. How to shop in a discounted world by ellwood, mark.

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