Comments on: Safeway Headed Wrong Way? http://thepeoplebrand.com/blog/2005/04/19/safeway-headed-wrong-way/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:18:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: testing http://thepeoplebrand.com/blog/2005/04/19/safeway-headed-wrong-way/#comment-103996 testing Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:16:10 +0000 http://thepeoplebrand.com/blog/?p=2#comment-103996 Hello!Just a testing :) Hello!Just a testing :)

]]> By: Steve http://thepeoplebrand.com/blog/2005/04/19/safeway-headed-wrong-way/#comment-2 Steve Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:03:20 +0000 http://thepeoplebrand.com/blog/?p=2#comment-2 I once saw a sign on a business that said "Price - Quality - Service: Choose any two." I think that message humorously, though accurately, sums up the three basic competitive strategies that business can focus on. Note that they cannot offer all three; an emphasis on one comes at the expense of another. Jungle Jim seems to have learned this lesson. He can't compete with Wal Mart on price, so he wisely abandons that strategy in deference to those who can. Instead, he focuses on quality and service. I once saw a sign on a business that said “Price - Quality - Service: Choose any two.” I think that message humorously, though accurately, sums up the three basic competitive strategies that business can focus on. Note that they cannot offer all three; an emphasis on one comes at the expense of another.

Jungle Jim seems to have learned this lesson. He can’t compete with Wal Mart on price, so he wisely abandons that strategy in deference to those who can. Instead, he focuses on quality and service.

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